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There’s one in particular that has caught her interest, from an inmate who isn’t up for parole until 2021. — Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue, "The Awakening of Kim Kardashian West," 10 Apr. 2019 These are the words of an inmate serving a life sentence for murder in a South Carolina state prison, who had a big need for cellphone service. — Sherri A. Lydon, WSJ, "Let States Jam Prison Cellphones," 3 Apr. 2019 Beginning next month, any woman visiting an inmate at one of the state's prisons will be barred from wearing a tampon or a menstrual cup. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "Virginia Prisons Ban Female Visitors From Using Tampons," 25 Sep. 2018 The average cost to incarcerate an inmate in a California prison is about $80,000 a year. — Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, "If He Didn’t Kill Anyone, Why Is It Murder?," 27 June 2018 Federal inmates and detainees, federal employees, Peace Corps volunteers, District of Columbia residents with low incomes, and military service members are all subject to Hyde-like restrictions. — Christine Grimaldi, Vogue, "Senators Introduce Legislation to Finally Repeal the Hyde Amendment and End Wide-Ranging Federal Abortion-Funding Ban," 12 Mar. 2019 Prisoner rights advocates say that the technology might have some benefits—at times, prisoners are bullied into giving up their phone minutes to another inmate, and voice recognition could detect the fraud. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Prisons Are Building Giant Biometric Databases of Prisoners' Voices," 1 Feb. 2019 The mayor has moved forward on a plan to close Rikers Island—which houses most of the city’s inmates—and replace its jails with four detention centers in neighborhoods in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. — Katie Honan, WSJ, "More Correction Officers Are Quitting Their Jobs," 12 Sep. 2018 Since then dozens of inmates and their families have reached out to the Chronicle, the Office of the Inspector General and Texas Inmates Families Association with similar allegations. — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, "4 Texas prison officials indicted after alleged evidence-planting incident at Brazoria lock-up," 11 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inmate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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