Prisoner definition

Prisoner means any individual involuntarily confined or detained in a penal institution. The term is intended to encompass individuals sentenced to such an institution under a criminal or civil statute, individuals detained in other facilities by virtue of statutes or commitment procedures which provide alternatives to criminal prosecution or incarceration in a penal institution, and individuals detained pending arraignment, trial, or sentencing.
Prisoner means a person who is under the jurisdiction of the department and has not been released on parole or discharged.
Prisoner means a person committed to prison for punishment, on remand, for trial, to be kept in strict custody, for contempt of court, for contempt of Parliament or otherwise ordered into strict security or safe custody, or otherwise ordered to be detained in a prison under a law of the State or the Commonwealth and also means a prisoner whose sentence has been commuted by an extension of the Royal Mercy and in each case a person continues to be a prisoner for so long as he remains in lawful custody;

Examples of Prisoner in a sentence

  • If a City Prisoner requires hospitalization and/or medical treatment beyond that available from the Central Booking Facility staff, City shall be responsible to pay for such hospitalization and/or treatment, and should any such expense be incurred by County, City shall reimburse County upon request.

  • PES will deliver future Adult Prisoner Education Services in England.

  • Upon request of City, the Sheriff may assign a Sheriff’s officer to guard a City Prisoner who has been transported to a hospital by City Officers for medical treatment prior to booking.

  • The Future Skills Programme is separate to the Prisoner Education Service (PES) and the HMP Academies programme.

  • County shall not be responsible for any costs associated with the hospitalization and/or treatment of any such City Prisoner kept under guard by Sheriff’s officers, and should any such expense be incurred by County, City shall reimburse County upon request.


More Definitions of Prisoner

Prisoner means a person who has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or placement in a juvenile facility for having committed a crime or an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult against a victim.
Prisoner means a person who has been convicted of a crime and is either incarcerated or on parole for that crime or who is being held in custody for trial or sentencing.
Prisoner means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison;
Prisoner means any person convicted of an offense in Colorado or any other state or any person under arrest for suspicion of the commission of a crime in Colorado or any other state.
Prisoner means a person detained in, or on temporary release from, a prison;
Prisoner means a person who has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for having committed a serious misdemeanor against a victim.
Prisoner means and includes any person committed to prison for punishment, or on remand, or for trial, safe custody, or otherwise;