prison chaser

plural prison chasers

1. governmentA prison guard; particularly one who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty.

   When that training was complete, I was given temporary assignment as a prison chaser (guard in a Brig).

   2003, Frank Murphy, Wia, Corpsman Up, page 154

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   A "prison chaser" is a soldier assigned to the task of guarding military prisoners who have been assigned and are performing fatigue detail.

   1943, John Riley Craf, Army Selectee's Handbook for Those Men who Will be Called for Duty Under the Selective Training ..., page 50

   My first experience as a prison chaser wasn't all that pleasant. One burly, bald headed prisoner had given me a hard time.

   2004, Joseph Quitman Johnson, Baby of Bataan: Memoir of a 14 Year Old Soldier in World War II, page 107

   According to Ronal Branson's website, he joined the U.S. military in 1963 and was assigned to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he became a "prison chaser", an individual who oversaw prison work detail.

   2006, Issue Brief - A Public Policy Paper of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies March 2006