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A prisoner is a person incarcerated in a prison or similar facility, typically for violating laws. Soldiers in wartime may also be held as prisoners of war by an enemy force. Prisoners have few rights, and are forced to comply with the orders of their jailers.

See also

• crime
• false imprisonment
• incarceration
• jail
• judicial system
• law
• legislative system
• political prisoner
• prison
• prison abolition movement
• prison labor
• prisoner of war
• probation

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Prisoner of warGeneva Convention Definition A prisoner of war (POW is a soldier who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The laws apply from the moment a prisoner is captured until he is released or repatriated. One of the main Prisoner's dilemmaThe prisoner's dilemma is a type of non-zero-sum game. In this game theory problem, as in many others, it is assumed that each individual player is trying to maximise his own advantage, without concern for the well-being of the other player. This Nash equ Prisoner (TV series)For the 1967 UK television series, starring Patrick McGoohan, see The Prisoner''. Prisoner (known in the UK as Prisoner: Cell Block H and in Canada by the English title Caged Women was an Australian television soap opera set in Wentworth Detention Centre, PrisonerThis article refers to an imprisoned person. For the television programs, see Prisoner (TV series and The Prisoner . A prisoner is a person incarcerated in a prison or similar facility, typically for violating laws. Soldiers in wartime may also be held as Prisoner of consciencePrisoner of Conscience (POC is a term coined by Amnesty International, the global human rights group. Prisoner of Conscience refers to anyone imprisoned for the race, religion, color, language, sexual orientation, or belief (so long as they have not used Prisoner of War MedalPrisoner of War Medal The Prisoner of War Medal was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. The medal may be awarded to any person who was a prisoner of war after April 5, 1917, (the date of the United States entry i Prisoners of Gravity Prisoners of the Sun Prisoners and hats puzzle Prisoner of Ice Prisoner in the Vatican Prisoner of war camp