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Recent Examples of inmates
Then in late 2023 a deputy who drove inmates to court dates and other appointments was arrested by fellow deputies after a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation.
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Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Since the start of the tour, Annabelle's handler Dan Rivera has died, 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail and a fire destroyed the Nottoway Plantation, a series of events the internet has started to blame the doll for.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Remnick’s jurisdiction is turned upside down when a prison transport plane crashes in the remote wilderness, setting free dozens of violent inmates.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
In March, 878 inmates held at Los Angeles County jail were felon convicts, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief perpetrators of the Holocaust, was a regular witness to the mess during his frequent visits to Auschwitz in 1944 to check on how the mass extermination of inmates was progressing.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Condemned inmates in Utah can opt to die via lethal injection or firing squad.
—Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Consider the 2006 mass pardon in Italy, in which 40% of all inmates in the country were released from prison all at once.
—Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Alabama and Louisiana have executed inmates by nitrogen gas.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Since the start of the tour, Annabelle's handler Dan Rivera has died, 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail and a fire destroyed the Nottoway Plantation, a series of events the internet has started to blame the doll for.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Remnick’s jurisdiction is turned upside down when a prison transport plane crashes in the remote wilderness, setting free dozens of violent inmates.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
In March, 878 inmates held at Los Angeles County jail were felon convicts, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief perpetrators of the Holocaust, was a regular witness to the mess during his frequent visits to Auschwitz in 1944 to check on how the mass extermination of inmates was progressing.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Condemned inmates in Utah can opt to die via lethal injection or firing squad.
—Amanda Castro
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Consider the 2006 mass pardon in Italy, in which 40% of all inmates in the country were released from prison all at once.
—Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Alabama and Louisiana have executed inmates by nitrogen gas.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmates
prisoners
Noun
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Bush described this as a way to support employment, family ties, and stability, recognizing that reentry affects not just former prisoners but also public safety.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The church, which served unhoused people, recently released prisoners, and other vulnerable populations, left an unofficial halfway house in its wake.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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