prison sentence term
1prison sentence — jail term, punishment that must be served in a penitentiary …
2prison — prisonlike, adj. /priz euhn/, n. 1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc. 2. See state prison. 3. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint. 4. imprisonment. [bef.… …
3Prison Song (film) — Infobox Film name =Prison Song caption = Prison Song DVD cover writer =Q Tip Darnell Martin starring =Q Tip Mary J. Blige Harold Perrineau director =Darnell Martin cinematography =Alexander Gruszynski editing =Peter C. Frank producer =Robert De… …
4prison — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ federal ▪ overcrowded ▪ high security (esp. BrE), maximum security (esp. AmE), supermax (AmE) …
5sentence — 1. noun the judge shortened his sentence to nine months Syn: prison term, prison sentence; punishment; informal time, stretch, stint 2. verb they were sentenced to death Syn: pass judgment on, punish, convict; condemn, doom …
6sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… …
7Prison reform — is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system.TheoryA precise definition refers to an attempt to change the penal system, typically from one model to another. Changing back to an earlier model is… …
8prison — pris·on n: an institution usu. under state control for confinement of persons serving sentences for serious crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup …
9sentence — [n] punishing decree book, censure, clock, condemnation, considered opinion, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, getup*, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap*, ruling, sending up the river* …
10sentence — The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted, usually in the form of a fine, incarceration, or probation. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No …
