noun
Refers to a person held in a prison, detention center, or internment camp.
刑務所の収容者数は増え続けている。
The number of prison inmates continues to increase.
収容者は一日に一度、運動の時間が
Detainees are given exercise time once a day.
noun
inpatient; resident (of an institution)
Used for a person staying in a hospital, care facility, or similar institution. Less common than 入院患者 for hospital patients.
この病院の収容者は高齢者が多い。
Many of the inpatients at this hospital are elderly.
施設の収容者たちは共同生活を送っている。
The residents of the facility live communally.
入院患者 is the standard term for a hospitalized patient. 収容者 can also mean inpatient but is less common and more institutional.
Compound of 収容 (しゅうよう, 'accommodation, confinement') + 者 (しゃ, 'person').