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watchhouse
watchhouse
synonyms
house of detention
roundhouse
holding cell
nick
police station
coop
hole
imprisonment
cell
prison cell
lockup
detention centre
counter
box
pad
ward
remand centre
jail cell
compound
prison camp
correctional institution
clink
house of correction
cooler
camp
jailhouse
hoosegow
quod
jail
brig
thana
solitary confinement
crossbar hotel
pen
military prison
prison
pokey
black hole
slammer
youth detention centre
stir
correctional center
correctional facility
joint
hock
kotwali
cop shop
guardhouse
gulag
arrest
watchhouse
definitions
noun
A small prison attached to a police station, usually used on a temporary basis.