Open Prison definition
Open Prison means a minimum security prison meant for keeping well-behaved convicted prisoners, which is governed by open jail rules. A system based on self-discipline and sense of responsibility of the inmates towards the group in which they live.
Open Prison means any place within the prison complex so declared by the Government for temporary or permanent use for the detention of prisoners 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 outside the prison complex while serving their sentence.
Open Prison means any open place or area fixed permanently under any order of the state government for the detention of prisoners. The object is to save lifers and long term prisoners from ill effects of prison life and continuous exposure to criminal culture of closed prisons having traditional walls. The concept of ‘open prison’ is based on containment of the offender with balanced deterrence so that his mental outlook is not impaired.256
More Definitions of Open Prison
Open Prison means any prison which is designated exclusively for the confinement of prisoners who are assigned low supervision level and who are eligible for temporary release in terms of Part 15 (Temporary Release) of the Rules. This applies to: (a) HMP Castle Huntly and Noranside, (b) HMP Inverness 'D' Wing, (c) HMYOI Polmont Beechwood, (d) HMP Cornton Vale Independent Living Units,