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
Galina	gah-LEE-nah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
FaolÁN	FWAY-lahn	Irish
Mihajlo	-	Serbian, Croatian
Danr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Delight	də-LIET	English (Rare)
Piper	['paipə]