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prison governor in British English (ˈprɪzən ˈɡʌvənə) noun British the senior administrator or head of a prison The incident was reported to the prison governor. Examples of 'prison governor' in a sentenceprison governor If anyone should be doing time following this fiasco, it should be the prison governor.Prison governors are to be given more powers over education, work and health budgets in the hope of introducing new ideas into the prison system.The moves are likely to alarm prison governors.At the same time it recommended significant pay rises for prison governors.This book began with the question "What does a prison governor do?In the course of the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for retired officers from the armed services to be appointed as prison governors.A deputy prison governor has been spared jail after admitting that he stole equipment.He demanded she pay 1,000 or he would send the snaps to the prison governor and her work pals.Prison governors, penal reformers and lawyers have been critical of the number of rioters and looters being sent to already overcrowded jails.He was determined to prove wrong the prison governors who, he says, sneered he could not last a year on the streets. |