A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe keeping, and not of punishment Co. Litt 620. Career ad homines enstodiendos, non ad pnniendos, dari debet. A prison should be used for keeping persons, not for punishing them. Co. Litt 260a. Career non snpplicii eansa sed ens todise constitntns. A prison is ordained not for the sake of punishment, but of detention and guarding. Lofft, 119.