penal institution
Example Sentences
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The country’s largest penal institution, the maximum-security prison in the city of Zenica, is a case in point.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
In the meantime, You will remain incarcerated in Johnson City unless circumstances arise that would require her to be transferred to another penal institution.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Brady’s psychosis became well established, and he served his sentence in a penal institution for the insane until his death in 2016.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2018
Fortunately for you, you are not in a penal institution, even if your lunch mates act as if you are.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2014
The island has been, at various times, the headquarters of bands of pirates, a military hospital, a penal institution, and a source of political trouble.
From Cuba, Old and New by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson
