released prisoner

collocation in English

meaningsofreleaseandprisoner

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release
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːs/us
/rɪˈliːs/
an occasion when someone is allowed to leave ...
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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 ofreleaseandprisonerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unless areleasedprisonercan fit himself into our social system, the cost of having sent him to gaol is wasted.
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There may well be cases in which areleasedprisonerwith a bad record has subsequently committed serious offences injuring innocent people.
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I cannot think of anything that will make more difficult the relationship between thereleasedprisoner and the probation officer than introducing this complication.
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After discharge, other types of help are available for thereleasedprisoner.
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This is an advance payment in lieu of social security benefit to which thereleasedprisonerwould be entitled in any case.
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It is an advance payment in lieu of social security benefits to which thereleasedprisonerwould in any case be entitled.
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Anyreleasedprisoneris subject to licence conditions.
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Areleasedprisonerwho breaches the requirements of a supervised release order will be liable to be returned to custody.
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All too often thereleasedprisonerwho has undergone expensive training as well as detention swiftly returns to prison.
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I recently read in a responsible newspaper that onereleasedprisonerhad been returned to custody.
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On the day of release from prison, the contractors visit thereleasedprisonerat the curfew address.
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That means that areleasedprisonerwho subsequently breaks the law will go back to prison to continue his sentence—provided the authorities can find him or her.
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Some mean by it an actual degeneration of mental and physical powers that makes it impossible for areleasedprisonerto become a useful member of the community.
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Thereleasedprisonernever returned, and the prison was rebuilt in the basement once again.
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It feeds the homeless and others in need and runs a halfway house for released prisoners.
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The other source of donation is from the prisoners' relatives and reading materials donated by released prisoners.
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Relatives of the prisoners would meet there with released prisoners.
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They received encouraging reports from released prisoners, who said that they were being well treated.
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The rate of re-offending for most released prisoners is low, and the popularity of the death sentence is generally attributed to retribution.
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Very few activists (approximately 200 including 80 released prisoners) took part in the meeting.
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