Plural of prison

Forms of prison

Prisons in a sentence

• The country's overcrowded and drug-ridden prisons will be reviewed by an independent board of inquiry.From the entry drug-ridden
• Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.From the entry atrocious
• Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.From the entry percolate
• It is larger and more secure than prisons in the region have typically been.2020 September 23, Michael Walsh, “China's still building detention camps in Xinjiang — and they're getting even bigger”, in Australian…. From the entry Markit
• Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.2003, John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Oxford University Press, page 284. From the entry compter

Meaning of prison

1. noun A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
2. noun Confinement in prison (sense 1).
3. noun Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

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Questions about the plural of prison

What is the plural of prison?

The plural of prison is prisons.

Is prison countable?

Prison is a countable and uncountable noun.