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Prisoner punished and locked up (8)

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I believe the answer is:

confined

'locked up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'prisoner punished' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'punished' becomes 'fined' (similar in meaning).
'con'+'fined'='CONFINED'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for confined that I've seen before include "Not free to move about" , "Enclosed, cramped" , "Kept within limits" , "Restricted" , "put inside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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