guard·house

[gahrd-hous]
noun, plural guard·hous·es [-hou-ziz] .
1.
a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
2.
a building used for the temporary detention of military prisoners.

Origin:
1585–95; guard + house

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guardhouse (ˈɡɑːdˌhaʊs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
military a building serving as the headquarters or a post for military police and in which military prisoners are detained

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Example sentences
The brick guardhouse still stands and houses exhibits, but only ruins remain of
  the other prison buildings.
There will be a storyteller and hands-on activities in the guardhouse above
  ground.
Photographs and first hand accounts of life at the boarding school are
  exhibited throughout the guardhouse.
We sat for hours before a mid-level official in the management of the compound
  arrived at the guardhouse.
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