what I know is dat a prison is locked form the outside while a fortress is locked form the inside.
what is your view?
2007-03-05 18:57:23 · 29 answers · asked by Cleopatra 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A Prison is a stronghold built to keep people IN
A Fortress in a stronghold built to keep others OUT !!!
2007-03-05 19:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are times when I would like to be in a Fortress so no one could get in!
But I never want to be in a Prison where I cant get out!!
2007-03-07 06:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned, and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").
Many military installations are known as forts, although they are not always fortified. Larger forts may class as fortresses, smaller ones formerly often bore the name of fortalices
2007-03-13 06:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Prison is: a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
But,
A Fortress is: A fortified place, especially a large, permanent military stronghold that often includes a town.
2007-03-05 20:15:28 · answer #4 · answered by rom_1367 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the difference, someone on Answers need locking up, either in a fortress or a prison. So long as the key is thrown away and there are no computers for people to ask daft questions on!
2007-03-12 09:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A prison is built in order to lock people inside for the protection of people on the outside. A fortress is built to keep people outside for the protection of people on the inside.
2007-03-05 19:02:43 · answer #6 · answered by Kim W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is very tricky because you can have a prison within a fortress and a fortress within a prison. Thus they are very closely related.
Simplest definition is a prison is for detention, and a fortress is for defence!
2007-03-11 08:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by scrambulls 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference between a fortress and a prison is that in a fortress outsiders can’t get in and in a prison, insiders can’t get out.
2007-03-05 19:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by WAHMaholic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A prison is a cell, a jail, you are locked in. A fortress is like palace a castle, it is not a place you go when you break the law!
2007-03-12 11:14:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fortress keeps bad people out; a prison keeps bad people in.
2007-03-05 21:14:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fortress is built to protect you from the people in the prisons.
2007-03-05 19:00:43 · answer #11 · answered by Rich 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋