house of detention
Example Sentences
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"Lieutenant Szipzr," said the court, "impaired the reputation of the country's first house of detention by being responsible for the bad spirit which prevailed in the prison for a certain period."
From Time Magazine Archive
After the attack, the Libyans turned Al Kabir into a kind of house of detention for foreign journalists, who were allowed out only for chaperoned tours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor and Madame Millefleur were brought up from the house of detention, to which both O'Connor and Dr. Leslie had insisted that they be sent.
From The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Mother of 6 children, one of whom, Wilma, aged 18, was arrested with her mother, spent night in house of detention, and was released as minor.
From Jailed for Freedom by Doris Stevens
It was originally used as a house of detention for heretics and offenders against the bishop of Winchester, whose palace stood nearby.
From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward
