Bastille
Bastille noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille
Hoosegow
Hoosegow noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: she ended up in the hoosegow for disorderly conduct
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