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
Your mammy would have you put in a house of detention if she knew it.
From Ann Boyd by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
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
The large house of detention by St. Andrea delle Frate was already full, but the people continued to hold out.
From The Eternal City by Sir Hall Caine
