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Before leaving office, Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 out of 40 inmates to life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
He’s almost never exposed to another inmate, Rothfeld reiterates.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Vatican officials say the pope will not be presiding over certain services during Holy Week.
April 17
In a rare public appearance following his lengthy hospital stay, Pope Francis meets individually with each of the 70 inmates at Regina Coeli prison in Rome.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C.
It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
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Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
He’s almost never exposed to another inmate, Rothfeld reiterates.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Vatican officials say the pope will not be presiding over certain services during Holy Week.
April 17
In a rare public appearance following his lengthy hospital stay, Pope Francis meets individually with each of the 70 inmates at Regina Coeli prison in Rome.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C.
It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmate
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The three remaining federal death row prisoners whose sentences Biden didn't commute are all challenging their cases.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Over the past 27 years, nine prisoners have been set free after being convicted in part on inaccurate evidence given by West and Hayne.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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