- prison
- nounADJECTIVE▪ local▪ federal▪ overcrowded▪ high-security (esp. BrE), maximum-security (esp. AmE), supermax (AmE)▪ minimum-security (AmE)▪ closed (BrE), open (esp. BrE)▪
Open prisons prepare prisoners for life back in the community.
▪ private▪ women's▪ debtors' (historical)▪ militaryVERB + PRISON▪ go to▪He went to prison for tax evasion.
▪ put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into▪She was sent to prison for leaking state secrets.
▪He was immediately seized and thrown into prison.
▪ be discharged from, be released from, come out of, get out of▪When did he get out of prison?
▪ escape from▪A dangerous criminal has escaped from a maximum-security prison.
▪ avoid, escape▪You only escaped prison (= escaped being sent to prison) because of your previous good character.
▪ face▪She was told by magistrates she could now face prison.
▪ build, design▪Building new prisons is not going to help lower our incarceration rate.
▪ operate, run▪It is one of several companies running private prisons across Britain.
PRISON + NOUN▪ sentence, term▪ cell, hospital, yard▪ conditions▪ population▪ inmate▪ authorities, chaplain, governor (BrE), guard (esp. AmE), officer (esp. BrE), staff, warden (esp. AmE), warder (BrE)▪ service (BrE), system▪ reformPREPOSITION▪ at a/the prison▪The police are investigating disturbances at the prison.
▪ in (a/the) prison▪How long has her father been in prison?
▪There have been riots in the prison.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
