house of detention
Example Sentences
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The party's secretary general, mouthy Eugene Dennis, was unavoidably detained�by the bars of Manhattan's federal house of detention, where he is serving a year for contempt of Congress.
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
"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
When it was put up, however, the sawyers had departed, and the empty house of detention became of use as a storehouse for the gaoler's potatoes.
From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember
As of yore, the little prison, or rather house of detention, had a great attraction for us.
From The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro by Wyon, Reginald
