Somebody posing as a wealthy person of high status who has been imprisoned under a false identity; part of a confidence trick in which the mark is encouraged to give money to secure the release of the prisoner, who will then be in a position to give a reward.

prison; jailhouse

A large correctional facility in which convicts are forced to do manual labor, largely in open air.

plural of prison state

(politics) A state that severely restricts the freedom of its citizens.

(UK) A prison with minimal restrictions on the prisoners.

(UK, Ireland) A person in prison for the first time.

(military) A member of the military who is being disciplined by being forbidden to leave the barracks or ship on which he/she is stationed.

(slang) The anus or vagina (in the context of them being used to hide and smuggle items). / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prison, pocket.

plural of prison wife