prisonlike

comparative more prisonlike · superlative most prisonlike · alternative prison-like

1. Resembling or characteristic of a prison

   “The prisonlike conditions, this form of detention, is not necessary,” said Michelle Brané, who heads the detention and asylum program at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.

   2007 February 22, Rachel L. Swarns, “2 Groups Compare Immigrant Detention Centers to Prisons”, in New York Times