'Prisoners' in the Bible

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were transferred to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the emperor's division.

The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,