受じゅ刑けい者しゃ

noun

prisoner; convict

Refers to a person serving a sentence in a correctional facility. More formal and specific than 囚人 (しゅうじん), which can also mean 'captive'.

• その刑けい務む所しょには約やく500人にんの受じゅ刑けい者しゃが収しゅう容ようされている。

  About 500 prisoners are housed in that prison.

• 受じゅ刑けい者しゃの社しゃ会かい復ふっ帰きを支し援えんするプログラムが重じゅう要ようだ。

  Programs that support the reintegration of convicts into society are important.