star prisoner

star prisoner (plural star prisoners)

1. (UK, Ireland) A person in prison for the first time.
   • 1965, Pauline Morris, Political and Economic Planning (Think tank), Prisoners and Their Families (page 73)

     Of the remaining 469 wives 256 were wives of star prisoners, and 213 wives of recidivists.

   • 2010, Ron S. King, The Cuckoo's Nest, page 214:

     I was a 'Star-Prisoner', so-called because, as a 'First-Timer', I had to wear a red star on the sleeve of my prison jacket.

   • 2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor:

     First, you're classed as a YP (young prisoner) if you're under 21. If it's your first time in prison, they class you as a star prisoner and that separates you from the ones who have been inside before.