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Meaning of "prison visitor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRISON VISITOR

prison visitor  [ˈprɪzən ˈvɪzɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRISON VISITOR

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Prison visitor 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 VISITOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prison visitor

A prison visitor is a person who visits prisons to befriend and monitor the welfare of prisoners in general, as distinct from a person who visits a specific prisoner to whom they have a connection. Many prisons have a visiting committee. There are voluntary organisations of prison visitors in many jurisdictions, some of which have official recognition. Examples include: ▪ National Association of Official Prison Visitors in the United Kingdom ▪ Prisoners' Friends' Association in Hong Kong ▪ Prisoner Visitation and Support in the United States...

Definition of prison visitor in the English dictionary

The definition of prison visitor in the dictionary is a person who volunteers to pay regular visits to prison inmates.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRISON VISITOR


acquisitor
əˈkwɪzɪtə
compositor
kəmˈpɒzɪtə
depositor
dɪˈpɒzɪtə
dispositor
dɪsˈpɒzɪtə
expositor
ɪkˈspɒzɪtə
inquisitor
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtə
ovipositor
ˌəʊvɪˈpɒzɪtə
perquisitor
pəˈkwɪzɪtə
prepositor
priːˈpɒzɪtə
proposita
prəˈpɒzɪtə
repositor
rɪˈpɒzɪtə
requisitor
rɪˈkwɪzɪtə
visitor
ˈvɪzɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRISON VISITOR

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRISON VISITOR

auditor
beauty editor
capacitor
competitor
compulsitor
creditor
cursitor
editor
exhibitor
health visitor
inhibitor
janitor
managing editor
monitor
progenitor
senior editor
solicitor
summer visitor
text editor
traitor

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prison visitor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRISON VISITOR

Find out the translation of prison visitor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prison visitor 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 visitor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

监狱访客
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

visitante de la prisión
570 millions of speakers

English

prison visitor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जेल आगंतुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زائر السجن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

посетитель тюрьмы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

visitante prisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কারাগার পরিদর্শক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

visiteur de prison
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjara penjara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gefängnis Besucher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

刑務所の訪問者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감옥 방문자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengunjung Penjara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khách tù
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறை பார்வையாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुरुंगाधिकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hapishane ziyaretçisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

visitatore carcere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

więzienie gość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відвідувач в´язниці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vizitator închisoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυλακή επισκέπτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevangenis besoeker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fängelse besökaren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fengsel besøkende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prison visitor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISON VISITOR»

The term «prison visitor» is used very little and occupies the 171.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISON VISITOR» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRISON VISITOR»

Discover the use of prison visitor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prison visitor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English Prison and Borstal Systems: An Account of the ...
But whether the prison visitor graduated in the Board School or at Balliol, there are certain qualities he must possess — breadth of outlook, sympathy and, above all, a sense of humour. He should not be too young; most certainly he must not ...
Lionel W. Fox, 1952
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English Pris&Borstal Ils 205
... according to their individual qualities. Socially, visitors are drawn from every class. But whether the prison visitor graduated in the Board School or at Balliol, there are certain qualities he must possess — breadth of outlook, sympathy and ...
LIONEL W FOX, 2013
3
The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy
These are the beings that the prison visitor is to reform. His work will be poorly done if it awaken jealousy instead of conciliating confidence. The confidence which is the result of sympathy and respect, must be almost entire. The prisoner that is ...
‎1867
4
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
She became a prison visitor to the “female side” of Newgate, where 300 filthy, hungry, and often drunk women (they were allowed access to cheap gin) Elizabeth Fry (Library of Congress) were crowded together thirty at a time in large  ...
Helen Rappaport, 2001
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Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, ...
Prison visitor; founder, Home for Chicago Women's Club; the Friendless, Richmond, Ind.; kindergarten movement board of managers, IWP Penn. Prison Assoc.; Friends Visiting Committee, Phila. MU847) 6/5 Prison visitor and minister  ...
Estelle B. Freedman, 1984
6
Talk with You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, ...
Prison Visitor Report, November 30, 1902, Prison Visitor Reports 1902,W0men's Prison Association Collection, NYPL; also see Annual Report of the Women's Prison Association, 1902, 29—30, Women's Prison Association Collection, NYPL.
Cheryl D. Hicks, 2010
7
Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
The First Circuit recognized that a prison visitor retains the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. It was also recognized that a strip search, by its very nature, constitutes an extreme intrusion upon ...
John W. Palmer, 2010
8
Legal Aspects of Corrections Management
... the minor inconvenience of a search of a prison visitor's vehicle without warrant or probable cause. Neumeyer v. Beard, 421 F.3d 210 (3rd Cir. 2005). Like the facts in United States v. Prevo, a notice that vehicles were subject to search was ...
Clair A. Cripe, Michael G. Pearlman, Daryl Kosiak, 2012
9
Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: A Study in Local ...
See also Gaolers; Keepers "Graham dietary," 180 Gregson, EUen (bridewell prisoner), 78-79 Griffith, Thomas (prisoner), 1 18-19 Guards, see Turnkeys Gurney, Joseph (prison visitor), 102, 206, 209 Guy, William Augustus, 243 Habeas Corpus ...
Margaret DeLacy, 1986
10
Prisons and the Voluntary Sector: A Bridge Into the Community
The role of the prison visitor is unique in many ways as success is not so much about achieving goals or quantifiable outcomes but rather gaining a special and informal relationship with a prisoner whilst he or she is inside prison. Such an ...
Shane Bryans, Clive Martin, Roma Walker, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRISON VISITOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prison visitor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Graham Ellis, steam preservationist - obituary
Postwar, Ellis joined the family estate agency, qualifying as a chartered surveyor, and became a prison visitor at Strangeways. He once drove ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
10 Commercial Directors Making Today's Coolest, Strangest and …
... with Robert Goulet wreaking havoc when office workers doze off; and the one that started it all, 2004's "Prison Visitor" for Vim shower cleaner, ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
3
Prison visitor arrested Sunday
Kristin Stepp, 20, Indianapolis, was interviewed and later taken to Putnam County Jail after being caught handing off a controlled substance to ... «Brazil Times, Jul 15»
4
Search rules counterproductive
Re: Ottawa tightens prison visitor rules, citing drug crackdown, July 5. Ottawa tightens prison visitor rules, citing drug crackdown, July 5. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
5
Bench Arrest Warrant Issued For Cushing Prison Visitor
(Stillwater, Okla.) – A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a woman who failed to appear in Payne County District Court on July 1 to ... «KUSH Radio, Jul 15»
6
Rampage campaigning for Roy Jones Jr. to face Wolfslair teammate …
For the past twenty years he has worked with homeless people and vulnerable youth in his home city and he is also a dedicated prison visitor. «Bloody Elbow, Jul 15»
7
Ottawa tightens prison visitor rules, citing drug crackdown
OTTAWA—Authorities are moving to further tighten the rules on anyone visiting federal prisons to crack down on contraband despite fears the ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
8
The Story Of Charles Sobhraj, A Lethal Criminal Who Escaped Tihar …
He is still considered to be the most notorious con-man of Asia and this first hand narration of the man by a prison visitor aptly sums up the aura ... «MensXP.com, Jul 15»
9
Prison visitor arrested for possessing prison contraband
FISHKILL – A Queens woman has been arrested for trying to smuggle prison contraband into Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill. «Mid-Hudson News, May 15»
10
Prison visitor winds up in county jail
A Morriston woman was charged with introducing contraband into a state correctional facility after allegedly bringing a stash of synthetic ... «Jackson County Floridan, May 15»

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