"prison official" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, you could use it in the sentence, "The prison official determined that the inmate would be moved to a maximum security facility."
A prison official said there was no rape.
The move was for his protection, a prison official said.
The review process begins when a prison official prepares a Security Designation Long Form (Long Form).
The prison official was not suggesting that these men deserved sympathy.
"They promised to send someone," said S. Thakuria, Assam's top prison official.
"I think that Gamal is worse than Alaa," the prison official said.
"There is a lot of pain and frustration and sadness," the prison official said.
Tells about writer's conflicts with a prison official named Robert Palmquist.
"Don't say anything else about this," said the prison official, Wiroj Nuyom.
A prison official sitting next to Mr. Gordon whispered to him in Thai.
Now the Azeri authorities have leveled new charges, claiming that Huseynov violently attacked a prison official.
