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Meaning of "prison farm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRISON FARM

prison farm  [ˈprɪzən fɑːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRISON FARM

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Prison farm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRISON FARM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prison farm

Prison farm

A prison farm or work camp is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts are put to economical use in a 'farm', usually for manual labour, largely in open air, such as in agriculture, logging, quarrying, etc. Its historical equivalent on a very large scale was called a penal colony. The agricultural goods produced by prison farms are generally used primarily to feed the prisoners themselves and other wards of the state, and secondarily, to be sold for whatever profit the state may be able to obtain. In addition to being forced to labor directly for the government on a prison farm or in a penal colony, inmates may be forced to do farm work for private enterprises by being farmed out through the practice of convict leasing to work on private agricultural lands or related industries. The party purchasing their labor from the government generally does so at a steep discount from the cost of free labor. Depending on the prevailing doctrine on judicial punishment and penal harm, psychological and/or physical cruelty may be a conscious intent of prison farm labor, and not just an inevitable but unintended collateral effect.

Definition of prison farm in the English dictionary

The definition of prison farm in the dictionary is a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRISON FARM


alarm
əˈlɑːm
aquafarm
ˈækwəˌfɑːm
arm
ɑːm
balm
bɑːm
birdfarm
ˈbɜːdˌfɑːm
calm
kɑːm
charm
tʃɑːm
farm
fɑːm
firearm
ˈfaɪərˌɑːm
Guam
ɡwɑːm
hammam
hʌmˈɑːm
haram
ˈhɑːˌrɑːm
harm
hɑːm
imam
ɪˈmɑːm
Islam
ˈɪzlɑːm
nonfarm
ˌnɒnˈfɑːm
palm
pɑːm
psalm
sɑːm
salaam
səˈlɑːm
superfarm
ˈsuːpərˌfɑːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRISON FARM

prison
prison authorities
prison camp
prison governor
prison guard
prison inmate
prison officer
prison population
prison riot
prison sentence
prison van
prison visitor
prison warder
prison yard
prisoner
prisoner of conscience
prisoner of war
prisoner´s base
prisonment
prisonous

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRISON FARM

collective farm
dairy farm
factory farm
fish farm
fruit farm
funny farm
health farm
hill farm
home farm
organic farm
oyster farm
pig farm
poultry farm
server farm
sheep farm
stock farm
tree farm
trout farm
truck farm
web server farm
wind farm

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prison farm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRISON FARM

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

Translator English - Chinese

监狱农场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

granja de la prisión
570 millions of speakers

English

prison farm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जेल खेत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزرعة السجن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тюрьма ферма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazenda prisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কারাগারের খামার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de prison ferme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ladang penjara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prison Farm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

刑務所の農場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감옥 농장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Farm pakunjaran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trang trại tù
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறை பண்ணை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुरुंगात शेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hapishane çiftliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fattoria carcere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gospodarstwo więzienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в´язниця ферма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fermă închisoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγρόκτημα των φυλακών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevangenis plaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fängelse gård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fengsel gård
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prison farm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISON FARM»

The term «prison farm» is normally little used and occupies the 113.124 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISON FARM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prison farm» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prison farm» 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 prison farm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRISON FARM»

Discover the use of prison farm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prison farm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Farm: Life Inside a Women's Prison
Depicting the lives of inmates at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, this is the result of three years of research among the women at the prison.
Andi Rierden, 1997
2
Maine State Prison, 1824-2002
In the 1930s, the prison farm was constructed two miles from Thomaston as a farm barracks for the Maine State Prison. It became one of the largest dairy and beef farms in the state. In his historical review of the prison, Warden Allan L. Robbins ...
Jeffrey D. Merrill, Sr., 2009
3
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
In 1908 this private plantation land became the Imperial State Prison Farm, one of Texas' first state owned penal institutions and a forerunner to today's Central Unit. In 1 878 Colonel Edward H. Cunningham and his partner, Colonel Littleberry ...
‎2004
4
Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia
Murton could point to his vindication two years later, when a federal court decision cited conditions at the Cummins Prison Farm as a violation of the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Following his Arkansas ...
Mitchel P. Roth, 2006
5
Prison Slavery
In his message to the Florida legislature in 1911, Governor Gilchrist, who hoped to see all state convicts placed on the projected state prison farm at Raiford, indignantly described a visit to a Georgia convict road camp where "the men sleep in ...
Barbara Esposito, Lee Wood, Kathryn Bardsley, 1982
6
My Life with Bonnie and Clyde
Drawing from these interviews, and from extensive research into Depression-era outlaw history, Phillips supplements the memoir with helpful notes and with biographical information about Blanche and her accomplices.
John Neal Phillips, Blanche Caldwell Barrow, 2012
7
Prison Conditions in South Africa
For example, a network of prison farm outstations was built by groups of farmers and handed over to the authorities, who kept these institutions stocked with prisoners. Farmers paid very reduced fees for the labor thus obtained. In addition, a ...
‎1994
8
The Rotarian
As might be guessed, the superintendent of Osborn Prison Farm, George H. Bradley, is a Rotarian and Vice-President of his Club in Thompsonville, Connecticut. Through him many other Rotarians in that region have come to appreciate the ...
9
Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters: History, Science, and ...
The Rankin Farm Experiment In a famous and controversial experiment, Goldberger arranged for a study at the Rankin State Prison Farm near Jackson, Mississippi. Once again, just as at Bilibid Prison in the Philippines, prisoners proved to be ...
Frances Rachel Frankenburg, 2009
10
The History of Australian Corrections
cluster of camps were opened at Brookfield, Mannus, Glen Innes and Oberon. Many of these camps remain open and still operate today. At Pardelup in Western Australia, the government established a prison farm in the late 1920s. In Victoria ...
Sean O'Toole, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRISON FARM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prison farm is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Making Connections
''Because I was living in the area I was able to visit specific places, such as a German prison farm from which one of my fictional characters ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Prison work farm a good idea here
... and federal funds for things such as trash pick up and grass cutting on roadways and putting prisoners to work at a prison farm makes sense. «Natchez Democrat, Jul 15»
3
Is It The Colony Farm Idea's Time Now? Agritourism Idea Lines Up …
In years past, Colony Farm was used as a prison farm for Eastern and Ulster Correctional facilities, but that operation closed down in 2009. «Shawangunk Journal, Jul 15»
4
Comparing Robert Burton search to past Maine manhunts
On July 15, 1981, two convicts, Milton Wallace and Arnold Nash, escaped from the state prison farm. Hundreds of state troopers, game wardens ... «WCSH-TV, Jul 15»
5
Farmers warned - "pain" before gain
... Ngati Tuwharetoa purchased the Tongariro/Rangipo Prison site and the 700ha prison farm. Much of the farm would be converted to forestry. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Art thief seeks compo for too much time in jail
In February 2006, as an inmate at Rangipo Prison, he ran off on his first day of work at a prison farm. Ad Feedback. After four weeks on the run, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
7
Oil and gas drilling report, July 12
LLC; Eastham State Prison Farm 0204; Eastham State Farm (Glenrose); 10,842; 1.0; 214.0 Mcf; 5.4 Miles SE Midway. Houston; SEM Operating ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
'Prisons still reeling under serious food shortages'
Machingauta said instead government had availed motor bikes to prison farm managers, which the committee felt was failure to prioritise ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
9
SC raised Confederate flag in 1961 to insult nine black protesters …
The students spent 30 days doing hard labor at the York County Prison Farm, and other demonstrators followed their example at white-only ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
10
Mnangagwa Fingered In Prison Meat Theft Scam
According to Zimondi, Harare Prison farm alone, is able to feed Zimbabwe's prisons countrywide on its own for a whole year. He said the farm's ... «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Prison farm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prison-farm>. Apr 2024 ».
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