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According to Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office inmate records, the couple was released from custody on their own recognizance on July 21.
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 July 2025
Hernandez is being held at the Jackson County Detention Center with no bond, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Legal Aid sued in April, alleging inmates were being kept in their cells longer than the law allows, isolated and deprived of basic services, the lawsuit contended.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate escaped in May have been fired for policy violations, officials said.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 July 2025
Hernandez is being held at the Jackson County Detention Center with no bond, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Legal Aid sued in April, alleging inmates were being kept in their cells longer than the law allows, isolated and deprived of basic services, the lawsuit contended.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate escaped in May have been fired for policy violations, officials said.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmate
prisoner
Noun
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Their jailers offer the prisoners a deal: Option 1: If neither prisoner informs on the other, both will receive relatively light sentences.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The Florida court contrived a weird and arbitrary compromise, granting new sentencing hearings only to death row prisoners whose sentences were considered final after 2002, when the U.S. court issued a decision that was a precursor to Hurst’s.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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