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Prisoner may refer to one of the following:
- A person incarcerated in a prison or jail or similar facility
- Prisoner of war, a soldier in wartime, held as by an enemy
- Political prisoner, someone held in prison for their ideology
- A person forcibly detained against his will, such as a victim of kidnapping; such prisoners may be held Hostage, or held to ransom, but not necessarily in a prison or similar facility
In television:
- The Prisoner, a 1967 British fantasy-drama television series
- Prisoner, an Australian soap opera (known as Prisoner Cell Block H in the UK and US)
- The Prisoner (computer game), a 1980 adventure game for the Apple II personal computer
- "Prisoners" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
In music:
- Prisoner, a 1997 song by 311 off their album Transistor
Prison Inmates and Jail Inmates - at Midyear 2008
Prison Inmates at Midyear 2008 - Statistical Tables: "Presents data on prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state correctional...
Seventh Circuit reinstates federal death row inmate's lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional a policy that prohibits federal death row inmates from giving face-to-face interviews with the media and from talking with the media about other inmates
Seventh Circuit reinstates federal death row inmate's lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional a policy that prohibits federal death row inmates from giving face-to-face interviews with the media and from talking with the media about other inmates: You can access today's ruling of the U...
En banc Seventh Circuit rejects federal death row inmate's constitutional challenge to a policy that prohibits federal death row inmates from giving face-to-face interviews with the media and from talking with the media about other inmates
En banc Seventh Circuit rejects federal death row inmate's constitutional challenge to a policy that prohibits federal death row inmates from giving face-to-face interviews with the media and from talking with the media about other inmates: Chief Judge Frank H...
Prison Inmates at Midyear 2007 and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007
Bureau of Justice Statistics news release: "The growth in the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction slowed during...
Cramming in the Inmates
Kentucky's jails and prisons are overflowing. Does the state spend more money to build more capacity or should it reform its sentencing laws?read more | digg storyThe "get tough" crime control policies of the last 30 years are now bearing a bitter harvest...
Guantanamo inmates aren't going anywhere soon
A while back, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees have the right to challenge their incarceration in federal court, the New York Times reports...
















