| PRONENESS | Bent police, ultimately: head is out of prison first (9) |
| LAWN | Police ultimately detain grass (4) |
| PREDILECTION | Bent police tried changing end of confession (12) |
| STITCHUP | Make good operational cuts, as bent police officer might (6,2) |
| PREDISPOSITIONS | More than one bent police officer put under pressure regarding second jobs |
| PANKHURST | Protestant female new, replacing prison's first head of religion (9) |
| CANALZONE | No zeal to redevelop prison first in old area in Panama (5,4) |
| ATLIBERTY | Out of prison, Bert is in Italy, perhaps? (2,7) |
| INSPECTOR | Out of prison etc? He'll look into it for you! (9) |
| FREEAGENT | One given discretion to let spy out of prison |
| STIR | 3 & 18 Ac. Seeking to cause dissension _ encircle the prison first (4,4) |
| RING | Seeking to cause dissension - encircle the prison first (8) |
| FOLSOM | At ____ Prison, first live album by U.S. country singer Johnny Cash (6) |
| DARTMOOR | Devon prison first designed to house French prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars (8) |
| HOMESTRETCH | Final section of NY prison sentence after being out of prison? |
| SAM | LOVER OF JASON JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON (GH) |
| PASSWORD | It's required by anyone looking to get out of prison, for instance, for part of the sentence - would that be the key? (8) |
| FREEUP | Release person out of prison in a cheerful mood (4,2) |
| BASTILLE | Let Basil out of prison (8) |
| PAROLE | Dad takes part in play to be let out of prison early (6) |
