Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. A house of
correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment,
discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally
compelled to labor; a prison; a jail. Colloquially often
shortened to pen. A prison; the term derives from the philosophy
that inmates could change their criminality through reflection
and penitence. a correctional institution for those convicted of
major crimes used for punishment or reform of criminals or
wrongdoers; "penitentiary institutions" a "federal prison" for
sentencing by a federal magistrate (Judge or acting Judge) for a
period of time over a year An institution that is operated by
the Corrections Service of Canada to house inmates who have
committed serious criminal offences punishable by sentences of
two or more years. A state or federal maximum-security prison. A
state penal facility under the supervision of a warden or
superintendent and administered through the Virginia Department
of Corrections. A prison, especia