### Question
How is the "prisoner" defined?


### Answer
The term **prisoner** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 4322* as follows -

> a person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant to a conviction for a Federal criminal offense, or a person in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, including a person in a Bureau of Prisons contracted facility

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 4322*
  - Heading: **PART III-PRISONS AND PRISONERS > CHAPTER 317-INSTITUTIONS FOR WOMEN**

