house of correction

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
2. A prison.

Συνώνυμα

jail

reformatory

gaol

prison

reform school

Μεταφράσεις

Besserungsanstalt

maison de correction

casa di correzione

correctie

tuchthuis

strafgevangenis

bagno

tuchtschool

verbeterhuis

huis van correctie