open prison

noun

a penal establishment in which the prisoners are trusted to serve their sentences and so do not need to be locked up, thus extending the range of work and occupation they can safely undertake

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A convicted murderer who went on the run from an open prison in Dundee has been found in Edinburgh.

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The alarm was raised on Tuesday after he did not return to HMP Castle Huntly - Scotland's only open prison - following a period of leave.

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A convicted murderer has been reported missing from an open prison near the Scottish city of Dundee.

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Castle Huntly is Scotland's only open prison.

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Just short of three years into his sentence, in June 2017, Saunderson was transferred to HMP Kirkham, an open prison situated between Preston and Blackpool.

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