What is Prisoner?
{{Wiktionary|prisoner}} [[File:Newgate-prison-exercise-yard.jpg|thumb|236px|[[Gustave Doré]]'s image of the exercise yard at [[Newgate Prison]]&nbsp;(1872)]] A '''prisoner''' is a person who is forced to stay in a [[prison]] against their will. People who are suspected of a [[crime]], for example, a [[murder]], may be [[arrest]]<nowiki/>ed and held in [[jail]] so they won't escape before their [[trial]]. After [[conviction]] a prisoner may be punished. For example, they may be imprisoned for a fixed number of years, or receive a [[life imprisonment|life sentence]] meaning they stay in jail until they die. A [[prisoner of war]] is a person who was captured by the enemy in a [[war]]. {{stub}} [[Category:Prisoners| ]]