Prisoner

A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against his or her will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or by forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to those on trial or serving a prison sentence in a prison.

English law

"Prisoner" is a legal term for a person who is imprisoned.

In section 1 of the Prison Security Act 1992, the word "prisoner" means any person for the time being in a prison as a result of any requirement imposed by a court or otherwise that he be detained in legal custody.

"Prisoner" was a legal term for a person prosecuted for felony. It was not applicable to a person prosecuted for misdemeanour. The abolition of the distinction between felony and misdemeanour by section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 has rendered this distinction obsolete.

Glanville Williams described as "invidious" the practice of using the term "prisoner" in reference to a person who had not been convicted.

History

The earliest evidence of the existence of the prisoner dates back to 8,000 BC from prehistoric graves in Lower Egypt. This evidence suggests that people from Libya enslaved a San-like tribe.

List of In the Heat of the Night episodes

The following are a list of episodes of the television series In the Heat of the Night, which aired from 1988 through 1995.

Series overview

Most of this series has been released on DVD by TGG Direct.

¹ Due to clearance issues, 16 episodes were not included in this DVD set.

² Due to clearance issues, 2 episodes were not included in this DVD set.

³ Due to clearance issues, 3 episodes were not included in this DVD set.

⁴ Due to clearance issues, 1 episode was not included in this DVD set.

⁵ Due to clearance issues, 5 episodes were not included in this DVD set.

NBC

Season 1: 1988

Season 2: 1988-1989

Season 3: 1989-1990

Season 4: 1990-1991

Season 5: 1991-1992

CBS

Season 6: 1992-1993

Season 7: 1993-1994

Made-For-Television films: 1994-1995

References

Prisoners (2013 film)

Prisoners is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay written by Aaron Guzikowski. The film has an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo and Paul Dano.

The plot focuses on the abduction of two young girls in Pennsylvania and the subsequent search. At the 86th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Cinematography.

Plot

Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) and his wife Grace (Maria Bello) attend a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of their friends, Franklin (Terrence Howard) and Nancy (Viola Davis) Birch. The children go for a walk in the neighborhood and approach a campervan that is parked outside a house nearby. There is music playing, which suggests there is somebody inside. After dinner, both families' younger daughters, Anna Dover and Joy Birch, go missing.

Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) is informed and starts a search. He arrests the driver of the campervan, which is now parked up at a gas station. The young man, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), has the IQ of a ten-year-old, and appears confused when being questioned at the police station. His vehicle is searched by forensics but nothing is found relating to the girls. Pursuing other leads, Loki discovers a corpse in the basement of Father Patrick Dunn's house. The priest (Len Cariou) admits that he killed the man because he confessed he was "waging a war against God" and boasted of killing sixteen children.