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Law/Patents - Law (general) | | English term or phrase: custody | Hello everyone,
With the assistance of various specialists within establishments, a prison officer’s job is to ‘look after’ prisoners... Custody, Care and Control are key features of a prison officer’s job.
According to the dictionary:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/custody
–noun, plural -dies.
1.
keeping; guardianship; care.
2.
the keeping or charge of officers of the law: The car was held in the custody of the police.
3.
imprisonment; legal restraint: He was taken into custody.
What does "custody" imply in "Custody, Care and Control" in this context - depriving prisoners of their liberty, keeping them in prison, or is it a synonym for "care"?
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| | confinement | Explanation:
I'd say the 'custody' part of a prison officer's job is to make sure the prisoner can't escape.
Definition: confinement, jailing, physical detention
Synonyms: arrest, detention, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, keeping
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Thank you, Kim.
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25 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +9 confinement
Explanation:
I'd say the 'custody' part of a prison officer's job is to make sure the prisoner can't escape.
Definition: confinement, jailing, physical detention
Synonyms: arrest, detention, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, keeping
http://thesaurus.com/browse/custody
| Kim Metzger
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| | Grading comment Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Kim. |
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