noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ local
▪ federal
▪ overcrowded
▪ high-security ( esp. BrE ), maximum-security ( esp. AmE ), supermax ( AmE )
▪ minimum-security ( AmE )
▪ closed ( BrE ), open ( esp. BrE )
▪
Open ~s prepare prisoners for life back in the community.
▪ private
▪ women's
▪ debtors' ( historical )
▪ military
VERB + PRISON
▪ go to
▪
He went to ~ for tax evasion.
▪ put sb in , send sb to , throw sb into
▪
She was sent to ~ for leaking state secrets.
▪
He was immediately seized and thrown into ~.
▪ be discharged from , be released from , come out of , get out of
▪
When did he get out of ~?
▪ escape from
▪
A dangerous criminal has escaped from a maximum-security ~.
▪ avoid , escape
▪
You only escaped ~ (= escaped being sent to prison) because of your previous good character.
▪ face
▪
She was told by magistrates she could now face ~.
▪ build , design
▪
Building new ~s is not going to help lower our incarceration rate.
▪ operate , run
▪
It is one of several companies running private ~s across Britain.
PRISON + NOUN
▪ sentence , term
▪ cell , hospital , yard
▪ conditions
▪ population
▪ inmate
▪ authorities , chaplain , governor ( BrE ), guard ( esp. AmE ), officer ( esp. BrE ), staff , warden ( esp. AmE ), warder ( BrE )
▪ service ( BrE ), system
▪ reform
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
The police are investigating disturbances at the ~.
▪ in (a/the) ~
▪
How long has her father been in ~?
▪
There have been riots in the ~.