Definition: 1. A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment. 2. A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.
Use 'prison' in a sentence:
1. He says he walks inside the prison without guards, unarmed.
2. Sisulu spent close to 30 years in prison.
3. The building was easily recognizable as a prison.
4. She was sentenced to nine years in prison.
5. The prison is infested with rats.
6. He had his enemies flung into prison.
7. He's been in prison, you know ─ not that it matters.
8. The prison service is already under considerable strain.
9. The judge sentenced him to five years in prison.
10. He now faces the stark reality of life in prison.
11. The six long years in prison had coarsened him.
12. He managed to smuggle a gun into the prison.
13. A new governor took over the prison.
14. The years in prison were a nightmare.
15. You get time to think in prison.
16. He could get life in prison, if convicted.
17. She is in prison , awaiting trial.
18. He claimed that guards had roughed him up in prison.
19. He escaped from prison this morning.
20. The state's worst prison riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
21. Ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot.
22. It's the same in any situation: in a prison, hospital or whatever.
23. Prison officers are demanding pay parity with the police force.
24. He spent five years in prison for his opposition to the regime.
25. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
26. Throughout his years in prison, he fought to clear his name.
27. Even in prison, he continued to engage in criminal activities.
28. This sanitized account of his life does not mention his time in prison.
29. The contrary view is that prison provides an excellent education ─ in crime.
30. His hospital room had become a prison.
31. The prison is opposite the law court.
32. The men in prison would never cry openly.
33. Ten years of prison had turned him into an old man.
34. If you go on like this you'll end up in prison.
35. His years in prison have left deep scars.
36. I always said he would wind up in prison.
37. Reducing prison sentences would send the wrong signals to criminals.
38. He was sent to prison for five years.
39. Prison conditions have become more brutal.
40. The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and rehabilitation.
41. He worked in the laundry at Oxford prison.
42. Since leaving prison, he's managed to keep his nose clean.
43. The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp.
44. These measures are intended to humanize the prison system.
45. The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally.
46. He was treated as a hero on his release from prison.
47. The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.
48. The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.
49. He is finding prison life "real tough."
50. It is simply not the case that prison conditions are improving.
51. Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders.
52. His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
53. This will overstretch the prison service's resources.
