Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "a detainee in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone who is being held in custody, typically in a legal or immigration context.
Example: "The report detailed the conditions faced by a detainee in the immigration facility."
Alternatives: "a prisoner in" or "an inmate in".
Exact(42)
It would be far cheaper than the estimated $2.7 million a year it currently costs to detain a detainee in Guantanamo.
Another showed a guard kneeing a detainee in the head.
For example, an appendix to the manual allows the military to keep a detainee in "separation" — solitary confinement — indefinitely.
The murder of a detainee in the recent riots on Manus Island added an extra level of deterrence, perhaps.
Graciela was a detainee in the ESMA - a military torture centre right next door to the football stadium.
In this case, getting close might mean something as off-limits as a visit with a detainee in Guantánamo Bay.
Similar(18)
In one photo, a soldier is seen cocking his fist as he holds a hooded detainee in a headlock amid a pile of several detainees.
"In 2014, a detainee held in a centre under the control of the 4th Division of the Syrian army had his genitals mutilated during torture.
Although some information may have been obtained from detainees who were subjected to torture, Panetta wrote to McCain that: We first learned about the facilitator/courier's nom de guerre from a detainee not in CIA custody in 2002.
A detainee shown in Camp Six's medical clinic in April.
The recent death of a Hamas detainee in a West Bank jail suicide, according to the PA, torture-induced according to Hamas has not helped matters.
More suggestions(4)
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com