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Prison inmates who through their good conduct earn a certain measure of freedom in and around the prison in exchange for assuming certain responsibilities.

A prison trusty might, for example, be charged with the responsibility of maintaining order among fellow inmates.



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Mr Brown, Ms Blears and an inner circle of Cabinet trusties forgot that in the next general election's key battlefields in the regions, few voters give a stuff about which arrogant clown runs London.
The 7,800-square-foot jail is big enough for 60 people, plus 10 inmate trusties.
Above it all, bathed in the soft lights required for good television, floats the Great Helmsman, adored by the people - or, at any rate by the dwindling band of party trusties who trekked to Brighton for the annual festival of hero worship.
 
 
 
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