獄ごく囚しゅう

noun

prisoner; inmate

Formal or literary term for a person confined in prison. In everyday speech, 囚人 (しゅうじん) is more common.

• 獄ごく囚しゅうの待たい遇ぐう改かい善ぜんが議ぎ論ろんされた。

  Improvement of treatment for prisoners was discussed.