Refers to a person held in a prison, detention center, or internment camp.
The number of prison inmates continues to increase.
Detainees are given exercise time once a day.
inpatient; resident (of an institution)
Used for a person staying in a hospital, care facility, or similar institution. Less common than 入院患者 for hospital patients.
Many of the inpatients at this hospital are elderly.
The residents of the facility live communally.
入院患者 is the standard term for a hospitalized patient. 収容者 can also mean inpatient but is less common and more institutional.
inmate; detainee; prisoner
Compound of 収容 (しゅうよう, 'accommodation, confinement') + 者 (しゃ, 'person').