iron house

English

Noun

iron house (plural iron houses)

1. (slang) prison
   • 1983 December 10, anonymous author, “We Screw Ourselves”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 4:

     I do realize that the institution where I am is one of the most lenient in the country and we are not harassed much, security is not tight, and there is no danger from either staff or other inmates so there are not reasons for bitching here as there are for so many of our Brothers and Sisters in other iron houses across this nation.