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
Antelmo	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Chiemeka	-	Western African, Igbo
Trine	-	Danish
Hariman	-	Ancient Germanic
Federica	fe-de-REE-kah	Italian
Alvan	['ælvən]