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a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.The prison guards, composed mostly of older men and boys, watched from sentry boxes perched atop the stockade and shot any prisoner who crossed a wooden railing, called the " deadline ."a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.The prison guards, composed mostly of older men and boys, watched from sentry boxes perched atop the stockade and shot any prisoner who crossed a wooden railing, called the " deadline ." a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.The prison guards, composed mostly of older men and boys, watched from sentry boxes perched atop the stockade and shot any prisoner who crossed a wooden railing, called the " deadline ."a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.The prison guards, composed mostly of older men and boys, watched from sentry boxes perched atop the stockade and shot any prisoner who crossed a wooden railing, called the " deadline ."