Houses of correction (buildings)
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Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > institutional buildings > correctional institutions (buildings)
Descripción
Buildings that house institutions of confinement and correction, using hard labor and strict discipline with a view to reformation of the inmates; especially those dating to the 16th century and later in Europe and colonial America. For general reference to buildings housing any institution of correction, use "correctional institutions (buildings)."
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Otros términos
- prisiones correccionales (buildings) [es]
- correction, houses of (buildings) [en]
- bettering houses (buildings) [en]
- bettering-houses (buildings) [en]
- bridewell houses (buildings) [en]
- bridewells (buildings) [en]
- prisión correccional (building) [es]
- casa de corrección (building) [es]