1. prison - Noun
2. prison - Verb
A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.
Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.
To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
To bind (together); to enchain.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe who opens a school, closes a prison. Victor Hugo
A mind enclosed in language is in prison. Simone Weil
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. Karl Kraus
It is not at the table but in prison that you learn who your true friends are. Serbian Proverb
A day in prison is longer than a thousand years at large. Vietnamese Proverb
Though the cage be made of gold, it's still a prison. Mexican Proverb