"Detainee" – Haeftling, Strafgefangener.
"Prisoner" - Haeftling, Strafgefangener.
There are no obvious differences when translating detainee and prisoner into German. Yet, Dictionary.com yields subtle differences for these terms:
Detainee: 1. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. 2. Some held in custody.
vs.
Prisoner: 1. A person held in custody, captivity, or a condition of forcible restraint, especially while on trial or serving a prison sentence. 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. 3. A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
Susan Sontag’s essay Regarding the Torture of Others points out the differences.
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