superjail

plural superjails

1. A very large prison.

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

   2004, Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead

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   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.

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

   Synonyms: megajail