internee

Held without trial

An internee is a person who has been interned—confined or detained, typically during wartime or political upheaval.

The term usually refers to civilians held by a government rather than prisoners of war: Japanese American internees were held in camps during World War II.

Distinguished from prisoner by its association with administrative detention rather than criminal conviction.

detention

detainee

Person held in custody

confinementState of being restricted
detentionTemporary official holding
custodyProtective care or control

incarceration · captivity · prisoner · captive · holding · remand · lockup · restraint · supervision · surveillance

wartime

POW

Captured military personnel

enemy alienForeigner from hostile country
wartimePeriod of armed conflict
occupationOne's regular paid work

military · barracks · conscription · repatriation · armistice · Geneva Convention · Red Cross · prisoner exchange · liberation · surrender

isolation

separation

State of being apart

segregationForced separation by group
quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society

confinement · alienation · loneliness · displacement · uprooting · estrangement · dislocation · withdrawal · exclusion · marginalization

camp

barracks

Soldiers' residential building

compoundCombined into one
fenceBoundary structure between properties
guardWatchful defensive attention

watchtower · roll call · rations · bunk · mess hall · curfew · perimeter · checkpoint · quarters · barbed wire

political

dissident

Opposer of established systems

asylumShelter from persecution
refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
exileBanishment from homeland

deportee · persecution · oppression · regime · tribunal · rights · advocacy · amnesty · release · freedom

internee

detainee

POW

separation

barracks

dissident

internee

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