prison house n a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement n a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment Synonym(s) prison
News & Articles prison house Is Red State America Seceding? In the last decade of the 20th century, as the Soviet Empire disintegrated so, too, did that prison house of nations, the USSR. Oct. 11, 2013 - Pat Buchanan via Yahoo! News Patrick J. Buchanan: Secession talk is trending across America In the last decade of the 20th century, as the Soviet Empire disintegrated so, too, did that prison house of nations, the USSR. Oct. 11, 2013 - Eastern Shore News