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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
open prison
noun
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▪ Goulais is now in an open prison, where he enjoys special treatment.
▪ He should have returned to the open prison on the tenth of August.
▪ He turned out to have escaped from an open prison in Dorking.
▪ If anyone deserved a few years in an open prison it was Beamish.
▪ She was picked up outside the gates of Askham Grange open prison near York by her son and daughter.
▪ Successful inmates can hope to move back to a lower category C security, or even a Category D open prison.
▪ Visits to Parliament and an open prison have given them insights into less accessible subjects.
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Open prison

An open prison (open jail) is an informal description applied to any penal establishment in which the prisoners are trusted to serve their sentences with minimal supervision and perimeter security and are not locked up in prison cells. Prisoners may be permitted to take up employment while serving their sentence.

In the UK, open prisons are often part of a rehabilitation plan for prisoners moved from closed prisons. They may be designated "training prisons" and are only for prisoners considered a low risk to the public.

The idea of an open prison is often criticised by members of the public and politicians. However, prisoners do not have complete freedom and are only allowed to leave the premises for specific purposes, such as going to an outside job.