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red band; red-band noun a prisoner with privileges; a trusty UK, 1950- I was a Red Band, a trusty, who could move freely about the prison without having to be escorted by a screw. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 26, 1956
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 96, 1996
- Both “red-bands” (trusted prisoners who wear a red armband to indicate their status), they hoped to progress to a less secure prison on the strength of their good conduct[.] — The Guardian, 27 April 2000: “A life inside”
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