A prison or house of correction in which inmates are put to work, esp. (in later use) one used to incarcerate people convicted of minor offences…

a building for the confinement and punishment of offenders, esp. with a view to their reformation; a bridewell.

A prison, a jail; esp. a house of correction in which inmates are put to work. Also figurative.

a prison or house of correction in which inmates are put to work; cf. workhouse, n. 2a.

= house of correction n. at sense 4d.

Originally and chiefly in the Low Countries: a house of correction in which (chiefly male) prisoners were employed in hard labour, esp. in…

any of various establishments dedicated to improving the health, behaviour, or morals of its occupants, as a reformatory, workhouse, almshouse…

= bettering house n.

Intended for or relating to the penal and reformatory treatment of criminals. Now chiefly historical, except as passing into attributive uses of pe…

Originally and chiefly North American. A prison. (Now the usual sense.)

a correctional facility (now typically a minimum-security prison for minor offenders) where inmates are required to undertake agricultural work.

Chiefly U.S. A prison or other correctional facility at which inmates are required to undertake physical labour, esp. agricultural work. Also…

A penitentiary. Usually with the: prison. Cf. pen, n.2 3a.

(a) a correctional facility or unit in which inmates are put to work; (b) (originally and chiefly U.S.) the network of government and private…