house of correction

Euph. a prison. He was sentenced to five years in the county's house of correction. The Jones House of Correction was built in the 1950s, when violent crime was much less common here.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hye-Jin	hye-jeen	Korean
Newt	NOOT	English
Varinia	-	Ancient Roman, Spanish
Catrin	KAT-rin (Welsh), KAHT-reen (German)	Welsh, German
Godehard	-	Ancient Germanic
Frances	FRANT-səs	English