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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acting prison" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a temporary or makeshift prison, but the phrase lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The authorities set up an acting prison to accommodate the overflow of inmates during the renovation of the main facility."
Alternatives: "temporary prison" or "makeshift prison".
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A smoking ban at Les Nicolles prison in Guernsey has seen a "mixed reaction", said the acting prison governor.
The Times asked Jaime Fernandez, acting prison warden who oversaw the journalists' visit, about the discrepancy.
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Any and all symbols of the occupation need to be specifically targeted (e.g. separation wall, settlements) – possibly creating works of art on the wall that highlights the irony that Israel is in fact building a prison for itself while acting as prison guards against the Palestinians under siege.
A man who learned acting in prison and appeared on a 2006 episode of "Law & Order" after his release was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for a new series of robberies in which he threatened to blow himself up if his demands were not met.
The really hard part is that parents are supposed to oversee all of this without acting like prison guards.
Sentenced to 12 years in prison, he served 5½ years, during which he earned degrees from Kansas State University and began writing and acting in the prison theater company, skills he would put to good use when he founded Impact Theater in 1997.
Even a former warden at Louisiana's maximum-security prison, acting as a consultant to Judge Polozola, found conditions at Tallulah so serious that he urged the judge to reject its request to add inmates.
He said he had used Stanislavski method acting to trick prison authorities into believing he was mentally ill so that he could be moved to Ashworth secure psychiatric hospital in 1985.
After the Civil War, Belle went on the road to publicize her memoir, "Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison," acting out her experiences as a spy, her costume a nod to both genders: a rebel soldier's belt, an elaborate plumed hat and a specially designed brooch featuring an enameled Confederate battle flag.
J. Bruce Mouw, a former F.B.I. supervisor of the bureau's Gambino and Colombo family squads in the 1990's, said that John J. Gotti appointed his son as the Gambinos' acting boss from prison in 1994, with the intention of having him become his full-fledged successor.
What was the prison acting job?
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