(slang, derogatory, idiomatic) A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil.
Indeed, we happily condemn damaged children—at enormous expense—to hellholes like Feltham, where they are more likely to be assaulted or killed than to find an escape from the revolving doors of courts, prisons and addiction.
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