Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Home n.

1. (Aus.und.) Darlinghust Jail, Sydney (closed 1914) [the image of its inmates’ recidivism].

[Aus]Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 5: Home - Darlinghurst Jail. ‘Coming Home,’ a re-appearance there.

2. (US Und.) St Paul, Minnesota [apparently criminals were welcome to use this as a base as long as they did not operate locally].

[US] ‘Und. Place-Names’ in AS XV:3 Oct. 341/1: St. Paul has long borne the name of Home to thieves, pickpockets, con men, and professionals in the heavy rackets because they were once all welcome to make it their headquarters as long as they did not operate locally.