detainee

[ dih-tey-nee, dee-tey-nee ]

/ dɪˈteɪ ni, ˌdi teɪˈni /

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noun

a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.

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Origin of detainee

First recorded in 1925–30; detain + -ee

The relatives of other political detainees in Saudi Arabia are paying close attention.
Saudi Activist Loujain al Hathloul is Out of Jail. But Justice Remains a Distant Hope|Joseph Hincks|February 11, 2021|Time
It happened in early June, a time in the pandemic when different agencies in charge of prison inmates and immigration detainees were developing different ways of dealing with viral spread.
To stay or to go?|Hannah Dreier|December 26, 2020|Washington Post
Those records also show that detainees put in deportation proceedings in July 2020 were twice as likely to opt for voluntary departure than those from a year before.
To stay or to go?|Hannah Dreier|December 26, 2020|Washington Post
Marshals Service detainees are all awaiting the completion of their court proceedings, meaning people often come and go as they are arrested, attend their court hearings and are sentenced.
San Diego’s Many Jail Outbreaks Have These Factors in Common|Maya Srikrishnan|December 2, 2020|Voice of San Diego

In Otay Mesa, detainees were initially asked to sign a contract in order to receive a mask, the Union-Tribune reported in April.
San Diego’s Many Jail Outbreaks Have These Factors in Common|Maya Srikrishnan|December 2, 2020|Voice of San Diego
In 2013, with a similar-size budget but more detainees, the cost worked out to about $2.7 million per detainee.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec 21|PunditFact.com|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His claim that taxpayers are spending millions of dollars for each detainee rates True.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec 21|PunditFact.com|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.
The Most Gruesome Moments in the CIA ‘Torture Report’|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”
The Most Gruesome Moments in the CIA ‘Torture Report’|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whether this object has been attained or not is judged by the life and habits of the detainee on discharge.
The Vagrancy Problem.|William Harbutt Dawson