picket
n.— «Picket: Correctional officer who, from a separate room, controls the opening and closing of doors in an area of the prison.» —“Prison slang” Times Record (Wichita Falls, Texas) Sept. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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