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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are prisoner" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used in a context where you are describing someone who is a prisoner, but it needs to be modified to "are prisoners" or "is a prisoner" for grammatical accuracy.
Example: "The authorities confirmed that they are prisoners of war, held in a remote location."
Alternatives: "are captives" or "are detainees."
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are prisoner
noun
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
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It can't be easy to run for office when you are Prisoner No. 21453-069.
Among the suggestions are prisoner releases, West Bank land control transfer and the reopening of Palestinian offices in East Jerusalem.
There are prisoner placement consultants and rules for what kind of prisoner can travel (the healthy and tractable are preferred).
Both parties are prisoner to interest groups and ideological litmus tests that prevent them from blending the best of liberal and conservative thinking.
On the plus side are prisoner exchanges, embassy openings, looser travel restrictions, environmental cooperation, high-level diplomatic visits and, soon, the first direct mail service in more than 50 years.
That's why the drug courts I spoke about are so important -- as are prisoner reentry programs –- because these can serve as the light at the end of a tunnel, a very long, long, dark tunnel, for those who are stuck in the cycle of drug addiction and incarceration.
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RESTRICTED as they are, prisoners still eat.
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