lockup house

noun2

1. •
   (historical) A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.

   • He kept a lock-up house in Great Earle Street, Soho, and, although by profession a tailor, he had fitted it up most elegantly as a tavern. — 1808
2. •
   (informal, no longer used) A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.