superjail

From super- + jail.

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superjail (plural superjails)

1. A very large prison.

   Synonym: megajail

   • 1997, Michael H Tonry, Kate Hamilton, Kathleen Hatlestad, Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective:

     Plans are afoot to build a superjail to hold intractable prisoners, and the state is adding another 500 cells to the prison system to cope with overcrowding.

   • 2004, Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead:

     However, a Utah-based company, Management and Training Corporation Canada, was found to have violated the province's human rights code in a superjail...

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