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Meanings of prison officer in English

Russian
тюремная стража
Portuguese
agente penitenciário
Spanish
agente de penitenciaría
Catalan
carceller
Wikidata

A person who guards the prisoners in a jail.

Related terms
тюремная стража
Usage of prison officer in English
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He was a maximum security prison officer in Melbourne for seven years.
The Irish Times
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The Limerick prison officer experienced one of her worst-ever competitive rounds yesterday.
The Irish Times
3
He was the first prison officer to be murdered in nearly 20 years.
The Irish Times
4
Four gardaí, a prison officer and a prisoner were slightly injured.
The Irish Times
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The jail discovered its first case in a prison officer on Feb. 13.
Reuters
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As long as...more An elderly inmate lunches as a prison officer looks around.
Reuters
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The last terrorist-related death was of a prison officer in March.
The Guardian
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A bomb attack on a prison officer's home in Northern Ireland has been condemned.
The Irish Times
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The prison officer sustained serious injuries in a Belfast bomb attack earlier this month.
The Irish Times
10
The police are also interviewing a former prison officer as part of their investigations.
Radio NZ
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A Garda spokeswoman would not confirm that the house belonged to a prison officer.
The Irish Times
12
In one attack a female prison officer was knocked unconscious.
The Irish Times
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest A prison officer and group of inmates at Holloway in 1947.
The Guardian
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Militant nationalists also shot dead a prison officer last month.
Reuters
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It was handed to a prison officer at the gate.
The Irish Times
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Both his Garda and prison officer escort wore bullet-proof jackets.
The Irish Times