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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPEN PRISON

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Open prison is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OPEN PRISON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Open prison

An open prison is an informal description applied to any penal establishment in which the prisoners are trusted to serve their sentences with minimal supervision and perimeter security and are not locked up in prison cells. Prisoners may be permitted to take up employment while serving their sentence. In the UK, open prisons are often part of a rehabilitation plan for prisoners moved from closed prisons. They may be designated "training prisons" and are only for prisoners considered a low risk to the public. The idea of an open prison is often criticised by members of the public and politicians as being too liberal. However, prisoners do not have complete freedom and are allowed to leave the premises only for specific purposes, such as going to an outside job.

Definition of open prison in the English dictionary

The definition of open prison in the dictionary is a penal establishment in which the prisoners are trusted to serve their sentences and so do not need to be locked up, thus extending the range of work and occupation they can safely undertake.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPEN PRISON

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WORDS THAT END LIKE OPEN PRISON

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Synonyms and antonyms of open prison in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «open prison» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPEN PRISON

Find out the translation of open prison to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of open prison from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «open prison» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开放式监狱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prisión abierta
570 millions of speakers

English

open prison
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुली जेल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سجن مفتوح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открыта тюрьма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prisão aberta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোলা প্রাথমিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prison à ciel ouvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbuka utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

offenes Gefängnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

開放型刑務所
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개방 교도소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbukak utami
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà tù mở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்த முதன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राथमिक उघडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Açık birincil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prigione a cielo aperto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otwarte więzienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкрита в´язниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

penitenciar deschis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοιχτή φυλακή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oop tronk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öppen fängelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

åpen soning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of open prison

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN PRISON»

The term «open prison» is regularly used and occupies the 102.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN PRISON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «open prison» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «open prison» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about open prison

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN PRISON»

Discover the use of open prison in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to open prison and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia
As of 2004 Finland had 37 penal institutions, including 16 closed prisons, 5 open prisons, 14 open prison units including 4 labor colonies, and 2 prison hospitals. In mid-2004 there were 3,719 prisoners, representing 71 per 100,000 of the ...
Mitchel P. Roth, 2006
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Saint Johnny Walker's "Most Luxurious Open Prison"
Antonio Salacuri. expenses, food and clothing, women's expenses and God knows what else; And suddenly, in a matter of hours something like this comes across your path and changes everything. And when I say everything I mean your  ...
Antonio Salacuri
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Prison Management: Problems and Solutions
(iv) Open Penal lnstitutions The Open Prison, or 'prison without bars' or minimum- security prison as they are called was a very late development within the prison system. The movement of open penal institutions got momentum with the 12th ...
M.B. Manaworker, 2006
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Comparing Prison Systems: Toward a Comparative and ...
On the other hand, there is no minimum time to be served before the lifers' transfer to an open prison. Furthermore, once accommodated in an open establishment, even a lifer has no minimum term to serve before leave of absence can be ...
Robert P. Weiss, Nigel South, 1998
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Criminal Justice India Series: Kerala, 2001
The objectives of an Open Prison should be to give offenders an experience that will so help them to change their attitudes and behaviour as to effect their social, moral and economic rehabilitation. It involves trust and an appeal to the human ...
‎2002
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Open Prisons and the Inmates: A Socio-psychological Study
In contradiction to popular belief relating to the impact of special characteristics of the open prison on its inmates mind, the study has unfolded that one's length of incarceration has manifested more lasting influence on his behaviour syndrome ...
Shubra Ghosh, 1992
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The English Prison and Borstal Systems: An Account of the ...
2 On 30 January 1951 there were 367 men serving sentences of corrective training in regional training prisons, of whom 1 5 were in the open prison at Sudbury and 63 in the 'medium security' of The Verne. Their assimilation presented no ...
Lionel W. Fox, 1952
8
Inside: One Man's Experience of Prison
This is a true life story of incredible forgiveness. Top professional golfer John Hoskison swaps fairways for some of the toughest prisons in Britain after accepting a drink and driving home.
John Hoskison, 2012
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The Northern Ireland Prison Service: first report of session ...
Sammy Wilson: Could I just go back to the open prison and the lack of facilities there, because I am not familiar with the way in which the review works. Why do you believe it is so important to have that progression to an open prison, since in  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 2007
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Imprisonment Today and Tomorrow: International Perspectives ...
As things stand now, it is up to the Department of Prisons and Probation, within a certain framework of internal regulations and traditions, to decide if a person is to serve the term of their sentence in a closed or an open prison. The proposal for ...
Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Frieder Du ̈nkel, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN PRISON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term open prison is used in the context of the following news items.
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Garda killer forced out of his own county now living in Dublin
There was outrage when he escaped from the low-security open prison at Loughlin House in Co Cavan just eight months later. While behind ... «Sunday World, Jul 15»
2
One woman's journey to marriage on a smuggling boat
Hundreds of miles south in the jungle, Azima was being held in an open prison. She was kept with other women on a plastic sheet in the jungle. «Myanmar Times, Jul 15»
3
Court of Appeal overturns prison absconder policy ruling
They included armed robber Michael Wheatley, who carried out a raid on a building society after absconding from an open prison but was later ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Cullingworth and Denholme MP's prison protest
“Will the Prime Minister give a commitment to ensure that nobody who has ever absconded from an open prison will ever be allowed back into ... «Keighley News, Jul 15»
5
Maharashtra bans construction of buildings within 150 metres of …
... construction of buildings within a 150-metre radius around central prison, 100 metres around district prison and 50 metres of open prison. «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Phone hacking: Andy Coulson to pay £150000 legal costs
Coulson was released from Hollesley Bay open prison in Suffolk having been previously held at Belmarsh Prison in south-east London. «BBC News, Jul 15»
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Prisons Department Launches 'Fete De La Moisson' at Richelieu
The third edition of the 'Fête de la Moisson' was launched this morning at the Richelieu Open Prison (ROP) in the presence of the Minister of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Watch: Investigation launched after two prisoners stage six-hour …
Category C inmates are defined by the Prison Service as adults who cannot be trusted in an open prison but are unlikely to try to escape. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
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Michael Robson: Calls to stop housing killers in open prisons after …
... three days after he left HMP Hatfield and has since been returned to custody, although it is understood he will not return to an open prison. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
10
Sussex prison absconder Mark Chatfield returned to custody
A man who absconded from an open prison in Sussex has been arrested and returned to custody. Mark Chatfield, 39, was jailed for four years ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

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