female prisoner
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffemaleandprisoner
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female
adjective
uk/ˈfiː.meɪl/us/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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prisoner
noun[C]
uk/ˈprɪz.ən.ər/us/ˈprɪz.ən.ɚ/
a person who is kept in prison as ...
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(Definition offemaleandprisonerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The qualities which make the goodfemaleprisonerare not necessarily those which make the good wife or even the good workwoman.
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This suggests that, for everyfemaleprisoner, there are roughly 1.5 children in the community.
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The vehicles are cellular;femaleprisonercustody officers are used to handle female prisoners; and careful loading procedures are followed to ensure proper segregation.
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For afemaleprisonerthe average cost is £7,000, and even putting someone in what is called an open prison costs about £5,200.
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The entirefemaleprisonerpopulation at the end of 1994, comprising 1,766 women, were surveyed.
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I shall now refer to the post-natal period—which is just as important—when thefemaleprisonerhas returned to prison.
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The intention is that only female prison staff—two prison officers—will escort afemaleprisoner.
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So that what happens is that you get two people escorting afemaleprisonerwhere one woman constable, properly sworn, is perfectly sufficient.
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Thefemaleprisonerpopulation has doubled since 1996.
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However, neither the male prison officer nor the female prison staff would be present in the treatment room unless that was requested specifically by thefemaleprisonerherself.
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The average weekly cost of keeping afemaleprisonerin custody in the financial year 1982–83, the latest year for which information is available, was £308.
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For example, if afemaleprisonerbecame very sick in the middle of the night it might be impossible, without any flexibility, to find two female prison officers.
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Supposing women police were properly sworn in, one single police woman could escort afemaleprisoner without there having to be a constable's expenses all along the line.
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In the event that afemaleprisonerbecame pregnant, her gaoler or the local sheriff was subject to a fine.
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She was the firstfemaleprisonerto be released following the agreement.
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