Bible Verses About Prisons: Often used severity

The cistern had been made into a dungeon, and Yirmeyahu was put in one of its cells; there he remained for a long time.

So now, please listen, my lord king! I beg you, approve my request - don't make me return to the house of Y'honatan the secretary, or I will die there."

Upon receiving such an order, he threw them into the inner cell and clamped their feet securely between heavy blocks of wood.