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Definition of Penitentiaries
1. penitentiary [n] - See also: penitentiary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penitentiaries
Literary usage of Penitentiaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"The law which provides for the distribution of crushed stone, prepared at the
penitentiaries, has been amended so that this material may be used inside the ..."
2. The Play Movement and Its Significance by Henry Stoddard Curtis (1917)
"Penitentiaries The orthodox treatment of convicts has^ always been until lately
to give them a very meager and unappetizing diet, to confine them in narrow ..."
3. Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society by Prison Discipline Society, Mass.) Prison Discipline Society (Boston, Board of Managers (1851)
"The State Prisons and Penitentiaries in the United States, alt of them, without
a single ... Last year, in twelve Penitentiaries, there were 49 deaths, ..."
4. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1896)
"... be applicable to persons convicted and imprisoned in county penitentiaries
under this act. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. (1) CHAPTER 372. ..."
5. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1871)
"Penitentiaries. The undersigned also visited and examined the penitentiaries of
Monroe and Erie counties; the former at Rochester, the latter at Buffalo. 1. ..."
6. The Elimination of the Tramp by the Introduction Into America of the Labour by Edmond Kelly (1908)
"to adopt it that will bear the brunt of vagabondage; not the first. § 9.
Relation of forced labour colonies to penitentiaries. The forced labour colony at ..."
7. Essays on the Progress of Nations in Civilization, Productive Industry by Ezra Champion Seaman (1868)
"Penitentiaries and Work-houses. A penitentiary unites the ... The Romans and
other nations of antiquity had no penitentiaries, no prisons for purposes of ..."
8. Prison Methods in New York State, a Contribution to the Study of the Theory by Philip Klein (1920)
"Penitentiaries County penitentiaries were organized by the boards of supervisors of
... Annual reports of the penitentiaries are submitted to the boards of ..."
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