prison farm

Thân thiện

Inmates work on the prison farm harvesting vegetables.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A penal facility where inmates considered low-risk or trustworthy are housed and required to perform agricultural labor or other government projects. A "prison farm" is a type of minimum-security correctional institution that focuses on work, often in farming, as part of the rehabilitation process and to support institutional operations.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The non-violent offender was transferred to a prison farm to work on the vegetable harvest.
  • Prison farms aim to teach inmates vocational skills while reducing the cost of their incarceration.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used to discuss penal reform and labor systems.
  • The study compared the recidivism rates of inmates from traditional prisons versus those from prison farms.

Variants and Related Words

• Farm camp: A similar term sometimes used interchangeably.
• Work farm: Another common synonym for a low-security prison focusing on labor.
• Penal farm: A more formal variant.

Synonyms

• Work farm
• Farm camp
• Labor camp (Note: This broader term can have different connotations outside the specific penal context.)

Related Phrases

• Prison labor: The general system of work performed by inmates, which is a key feature of a prison farm.
• Minimum-security prison: The security classification typical for a prison farm.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects

Từ đồng nghĩa

• work camp
• prison camp