The phrase
"prison estate" refers to the collection of all prisons within a certain area or jurisdiction. It is used to describe the entire system of prisons within a country, state, or region.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«prison»
«estate»
Sentences with «prison estate»
- Child poverty, affordable housing, third rate social services, low pay, a crumbling Dickensian prisons estate which has become a college for radicalisation. (totalpolitics.com)
- This is why the Prison Service has joined up with the Shannon Trust to make sure its peer - mentor based reading scheme is incorporated across the public sector prison estate. (politics.co.uk)
- Closing outdated and expensive prisons is an important step in our strategy to provide a secure and modern, fit for purpose prison estate, while improving efficiency and value for the taxpayer.» (politics.co.uk)
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