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house of cor·ˈrec·tion <pl houses of correction> N Am

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It was then converted into a jail and house of correction.
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But a new prison was later built on the same site in 1791, which contained a gaol, penitentiary and house of correction.
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It proposed that the able-bodied be offered work in a house of correction (the precursor of the workhouse), where the persistent idler was to be punished.
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Wing's original building included... a turnkey's lodge, cells for debtors, felons and house of correction prisoners, hot and cold baths and an oven to purify infected clothing.
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He established a house of correction for minors.
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Here they were both sent to the house of correction and harshly treated, but the only charge against them was preaching, and the magistrates released them.
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The corporation established a workhouse which combined housing and care of the poor with a house of correction for petty offenders.
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The site was later used as the village house of correction.
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His father's plea of insanity being without success, he was sentenced to three months in a house of correction.
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An individual that practiced such a confidence game would be branded as a two-penny thief, and would soon be consigned to a house of correction.
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