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Yardbird (Noun)

A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.

Nouns denoting people.

The hardened yardbird had spent over a decade behind bars for his string of burglaries.
After being sentenced to life without parole, the young yardbird became withdrawn and isolated from the rest of the prison population.
The old yardbird had lost count of the number of years he'd spent in solitary confinement.
As a yardbird, he'd learned to rely on his wits and cunning to survive the harsh realities of prison life.
The former gang leader was now just another yardbird, forced to navigate the treacherous social hierarchy of the maximum-security prison.

A military recruit who is assigned menial tasks.

Nouns denoting people.

The drill sergeant referred to the new recruit as a yardbird, stuck with cleaning the latrines for the rest of the week.
After messing up during training exercises, the recruit was demoted to yardbird status, relegated to peeling potatoes in the kitchen.
The drill instructor barked orders at the yardbird, telling him to drop and give him twenty push-ups for not meeting the required standards.
The other recruits snickered as the yardbird struggled to carry a heavy load of laundry across the base.
The recruit's status as a yardbird was temporary, but it felt like an eternity as he was forced to clean up after his comrades.