How to say "inmate" in Japanese

• 在監者ざいかんしゃ
  nounCovers the prison sense of 'inmate': a person confined in a prison, essentially a 'prisoner'. It is a less common word, so it is seldom the everyday choice.
• 入所者にゅうしょしゃ
  nounA person admitted to an institution such as a care facility or training institution; use it for 'inmate' in this institutional sense. It is a less common word.

Use 在監者 when 'inmate' means a person confined in a prison, and 入所者 when it means a person admitted to an institution such as a care facility or training institution, the broader institutional sense.

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• 在監者ざいかんしゃprisoner
• 入所者にゅうしょしゃperson admitted (to a care facility, training institution, etc.)
• 収容者しゅうようしゃ(prison) inmate
• 被収容者ひしゅうようしゃ(prison) inmate