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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to prison.

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non- +‎ prison

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Examples

  • One of Televerde's nonprison rivals, an Austin, Texas firm called the Lead Dogs, complains that Hooker can throw more callers on an account because he pays them less than the Lead Dogs '$15 to $25 an hour.

    Salvation At The Call Center 2010

  • One of Televerde's nonprison rivals, an Austin, Tex. firm called the Lead Dogs, complains that Hooker can throw more callers on an account because he pays them less than the Lead Dogs '$15 to $25 an hour.

    Silicon Valley's Prison Call Center 2010

  • Superior Court Associate Judge Gladys Kessler, "are a mirror of the sex discrimination that occurs in the nonprison population."

    Women In Jail: Unequal Justice 2008

  • Defendants deemed to have no chance of regaining competence are supposed to be released or committed to a nonprison psychiatric ward .

    Slate Magazine Jeremy Singer-Vine 2011

  • It has also performed in Canada, England, and Ireland, and in Scotland, where it made a rare nonprison appearance at the 1986 Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • It has also performed in Canada, England, and Ireland, and in Scotland, where it made a rare nonprison appearance at the 1986 Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • It has also performed in Canada, England, and Ireland, and in Scotland, where it made a rare nonprison appearance at the 1986 Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • It has also performed in Canada, England, and Ireland, and in Scotland, where it made a rare nonprison appearance at the 1986 Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Judges lost the ability to impose nonprison sentences for second felony offenders.

    unknown title 2009

  • It has also performed in Canada, England, and Ireland, and in Scotland, where it made a rare nonprison appearance at the 1986 Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe.

    Chicago Reader 2009

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