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bn:00045012n
Noun Concept
Categories: Penal system in England, Poor Law in Britain and Ireland
EN
house of correction  spinning house
EN
(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences WordNet 3.0
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(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The house of correction was a type of establishment built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law, places where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work. Wikipedia
Penal facility Wikidata
building in Gothenburg Municipality, Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden Wikidata
A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work. Wiktionary
Penitentiary facility. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
jail
building
prison
HAS INSTANCE
Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre
Sonnenburg concentration camp
Justizvollzugsanstalt Straubing
DE
Werk- und Zuchthaus
Långholmens spinnhus
+1 relations
COUNTRY
Sweden
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Nordisk familjebok
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Gothenburg Municipality
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
house of correction
Wikipedia
EN
house of correction
Wikidata
EN
house of correction, House of correction
Wiktionary
EN
house of correction
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House of Correction, spinning house

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