prisoner
Sign in to savethumb|236px|Gustave Doré's image of the exercise yard at [[Newgate Prison (1872)]] A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement or captivity in a prison or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a sentence in prison.
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A prisoner is a person who has been deprived of their liberty against their will, either through confinement in a prison or physical restraint. The term typically refers to someone serving a sentence in prison for a crime.
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- English law
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- Special Housing Units (SHU) syndrome
- Stockholm syndrome
- Inmate culture
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thumb|236px|Gustave Doré's image of the exercise yard at [[Newgate Prison (1872)]] A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement or captivity in a prison or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a sentence in prison.
==English law== thumb|Finland|Finnish serial killer [[Johan Adamsson, also known as "Kerpeikkari", in the 1849 lithography by Johan Knutson while he was imprisoned]] "Prisoner" is a legal term for a person who is imprisoned.