The phrase "island prison" refers to a place where people are confined or kept against their will, and it is surrounded by water on all sides because it is located on an island.
Sentences with «island prison»
Nelson Mandela was released from a Robben Island prison in 1990, after being inside for twenty - seven years. (filmireland.net)
Even before the week began, Mr. de Blasio sought to dampen a potential outcry over his plan to eventually close the Rikers Island prison complex by assuring Staten Islanders that he would not build a new jail there, as recommended by an independent City Council commission. (nytimes.com)
The column said that the justice department's Aug. 4 report condemned violent abuses at the Rikers Island prison complex during three years of Schriro's 2009 - to - 2013 tenure the city's corrections commissioner. (courant.com)