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a long series of heavy metal rings fastened like a rope to a prisoner’s arms and legs

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an enclosed area where a particular group of people live, or where people such as soldiers and prisoners can exercise

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a visit to a prisoner by their partner during which they have time together in a private room, and may have sex

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chains for a prisoner’s feet, used especially in the past

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a refusal to eat for a long time, usually by a prisoner protesting against something

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chains fitted round the arms or legs of prisoners to prevent them from escaping

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two metal rings or chains that are fitted around a prisoner’s legs to prevent them from running away

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the time at night when people in a school, camp, prison or other institution must turn off the lights and go to sleep

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one of a pair of metal rings fastened around a prisoner’s wrists or ankles and joined by a chain

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someone who goes to prisons in order to make friendly visits to prisoners

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one of a pair of connected metal rings that can be locked onto the wrists or legs of a prisoner

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the period of time when you can visit people, especially people who are in hospital or prison

used for referring to what is happening outside a prison or institution when you are inside it