prison definition

prison means a building used for the confinement of detained persons; "recreational building" means a building used for a gymnasium or clubhouse;
prison means a residential facility used for the confinement of convicted felony offenders that is under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction but does not include a violation sanction center operated under authority of section 2967.141 of the Revised Code.
prison means any jail or place used permanently or temporarily under the general or special orders of the State Government for the detention of prisoners, and includes all lands and buildings appurtenant thereto, but does not include,—

Examples of prison in a sentence

  • The discharge is necessary to accommodate essential public services for Centinela State Prison, which is an important benefit to the state.

  • See also Rasmusen, Raghav & Ramseyer, supra note 338, at 47–48 (explaining that the high conviction rates in Japan are “not due to any biased judicial incentives: judges do not suffer a career hit for acquitting defendants”).394 See Cha, supra note 275, at 506–10.395 See, e.g., Suspended Prison Term Given to U.S. Navy Officer over Accident, JAPAN TODAY, Oct.

  • In its decision preceding her striking off, the Tribunal described her offence as one that “goes directly to the heart of the standing of the profession in the community”,6 and found that “[t]he breach of trust and abuse of professional privilege most certainly reflect on fitness to practise.”7 [9] Subsequently, in June 2017, Ms Reid married her former client, Mr Reid, at Paremoremo Prison.

  • Non Covered Services Waiver Forms are accessible at: https://www.iehp.org/en/providers/provider-resources?target=forms#Vision.B. Lenses are fabricated at the Prison Industry Authority (PIA) according to the DHCS contract for Medi-Cal Members.

  • Requesting approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Blair, on behalf of the Blair County Prison, and the Borough of Hollidaysburg to grant access to the jail management system.


More Definitions of prison

prison means a place of custody administered by or on behalf of the Minister (other than a Garda Síochána station) and includes—
prison means a prison within the meaning of the Corrective Services Act 1988.
prison means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
prison means any premises or place declared or deemed to have been declared as a prison pursuant to this Act.
prison means any place in which a prisoner is being detained.
prison means any place designated by law for the keeping of persons held in custody under process of law, or under lawful arrest, including but not limited to any state correctional institution or any county or city jail;
prison means a place of custody administered by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and includes Saint Patrick’s Institution and a place of detention provided under section 2 of the Prisons Act 1970, and ‘prison officer’, in relation to a prison, shall be construed accordingly.”.