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prisoneaucrat
 n.— «Zero tolerance incarceration became the buzz word of Queensland “prisoneaucrats” who oversee the new-age prison system of the 21st century – a warehousing process where sensory deprivation labours under the masquerade of security and containment. » —“A journey through the “belly of the beast’—Part 1” by Bernie Matthews On Line Opinion (Australia) Dec. 20, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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