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The phrase "a penitentiary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a prison or correctional facility where individuals are incarcerated for committing crimes.
Example: "After being convicted of fraud, he was sentenced to five years in a penitentiary."
Alternatives: "a prison" or "a correctional facility."
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Putting "Julius Caesar" in a penitentiary isn't entirely new.
The structure has continued to function as a penitentiary in the 21st century.
In addition, he had a penitentiary contract, and was a legislative lobbyist.
WALLA WALLA has always been best known for its sweet onions, wheat fields and a penitentiary.
The piece is based on a Jack London account of -- yep -- life in a penitentiary.
Arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances turned the country into a penitentiary state with countless underground prisons.
But there are strict rules about what may be sent into a penitentiary.
Mr. Madoff has a taken up residence at a penitentiary in Butner, N.C.
The 40 fatalities occurred when a bus carrying trainee prison guards near a penitentiary got caught in the flames.
John was transferred from a penitentiary in Pennsylvania to a medical prison in Devens, Massachusetts, for a psychological evaluation.
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The prisoners at the Banda Aceh City Class II-A Penitentiary were restless for weeks before their escape.
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