pokey

nouns

a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer

adjectives

wasting time

dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky

is derived from

poke

small and remote and insignificant

"a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky