at a/the prison
Frequency: 6.04.8 per million words
Used to talk about events or location at the prison building.
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Examples (10)
- The police are investigating disturbances at the prison.
- Security measures were tightened at a local prison after the escape attempt.
- Visitors must register their details at the prison entrance.
- A new rehabilitation program was launched at the prison last month.
- Many volunteers work at a nearby prison, helping inmates with education.
- Protests were held peacefully at the prison gates yesterday.
- The documentary crew spent a week filming at a maximum-security prison.
- Officials confirmed that the fire started at the prison's kitchen facility.
- She works as a counselor at a women's prison.
- All packages are thoroughly inspected at the prison before delivery to inmates.