inmate

noun in·mate \ ˈin-ˌmāt \

|Updated on: 12 Aug 2018

Definition of inmate

: any of a group occupying a single place of residence; especially : a person confined (as in a prison or hospital)

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Jerome Thompson, the 52-year-old inmate, jumped from the general housing pod Wednesday night around 10:30 p.m. the sheriff’s office said in a release.

— lavendrick smith, charlotteobserver, "A Mecklenburg County inmate died. It’s the jail’s fourth death in two months.," 12 July 2018
The inmate, who’s name was withheld pending family notifications, was found distressed and unresponsive about 10 p.m., San Diego County sheriff’s homicide Lt.

— alex riggins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Inmate death at Vista jail under investigation," 11 July 2018
Hardiman also wrote an important opinion that upheld the power of jailers to strip-search all new inmates, even those being held briefly for failing to pay a fine who do not appear to a pose a security risk.

— david g. savage, latimes.com, "Last year's runner-up, Thomas Hardiman has a working-class background that could appeal to Trump voters," 9 July 2018
Graterford’s staff of around 1,000 corrections officers and other state workers, plus inmates, families and other prison visitors have described the move as a stressful time.

— joseph n. distefano, Philly.com, "Pa.'s $400 million prison opening delayed," 29 June 2018
The inmate, who was 27 years old, died just before noon Thursday.

— darcy costello, The Courier-Journal, "Female inmate dies at Louisville Metro Corrections," 29 June 2018
Karjala also gave drugs to another inmate, who is identified only by initials J.B, to smuggle inside the jail, federal prosecutors said.

— laurel andrews, Anchorage Daily News, "FBI seeks public’s help finding defense attorney accused of smuggling drugs into Anchorage jail," 22 June 2018
Perez-Cordova had been sharing a cell with another inmate, Edwin Lorenzo Sanchez, 23, for about a month at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

— madison park, CNN, "Wrong inmate released from New Mexico detention center," 12 June 2018
The movement has seen a groundswell of support for measures like repealing the tampon tax and making sure menstrual products are affordable and available to school kids, inmates, and homeless period-havers alike.

— cady drell, Marie Claire, "The New IHOP Logo Looks Like a Tampon Ad and People Are Into It," 11 June 2018

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: one of a group occupying a single place of residence; especially : a person confined (as in a psychiatric hospital) especially for a long time

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: a person confined in an institution (as a prison or hospital)

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