star prisoner

plural star prisoners

1. IrelandUKA person in prison for the first time.

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

   1965, Pauline Morris, Political and Economic Planning (Think tank), Prisoners and Their Families (page 73)

   2 more examples

   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.

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

   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.

   2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor