Generous Dominican hardly to be found in prison (7)
I believe the answer is:
freedom
'found in prison' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'generous dominican hardly' is the wordplay.
'generous' becomes 'free' (I've seen this before).
'dominican hardly' becomes 'dom' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'free'+'dom'='FREEDOM'
'to be' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for freedom that I've seen before include "outspokenness" , "Autonomy" , "Liberty, civil liberty" , "Release" , "Political militant" .)