Conservative taking time after prison sentence to get canary enclosure (8)
I believe the answer is:
birdcage
'canary enclosure' is the definition.
'birdcage' can be an answer for 'enclosure' (birdcage is a kind of enclosure). I am unsure of the 'canary' bit.
'conservative taking time after prison sentence' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'prison sentence' becomes 'bird' (to 'do bird' is to serve a prison sentence).
'c' next to 'age' is 'cage'.
'cage' put after 'bird' is 'BIRDCAGE'.
'to get' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for birdcage that I've seen before include "arrangement of bars for singer" , "Where Polly goes" , "Polly's home perhaps" , "Enclosure for an avian" , "Home for a pet" .)