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Recent Examples of inmates
Under the method, executioners strap inmates to a gurney with chest and shoulder harnesses and attach a mask to his face.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 June 2026
No misconduct was issued to inmates during the incident in question, and no inmate faced discipline for refusing the assignment, the agency added.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
In 1989, Yarris became one of Pennsylvania's first death row inmates to demand post-conviction DNA testing.
—Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
The Employment Development Department rubber-stamped a deluge of applications, some of them from state prison inmates, with little or no scrutiny.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
The Employment Development Department rubber-stamped a deluge of applications, some of them from state prison inmates, with little or no scrutiny.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
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
Following Mahdi's death, the Palmetto State now has 26 inmates on death row – only one of those people has been sentenced to death in the past decade.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 June 2026
No misconduct was issued to inmates during the incident in question, and no inmate faced discipline for refusing the assignment, the agency added.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
In 1989, Yarris became one of Pennsylvania's first death row inmates to demand post-conviction DNA testing.
—Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
The Employment Development Department rubber-stamped a deluge of applications, some of them from state prison inmates, with little or no scrutiny.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
The Employment Development Department rubber-stamped a deluge of applications, some of them from state prison inmates, with little or no scrutiny.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
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
Following Mahdi's death, the Palmetto State now has 26 inmates on death row – only one of those people has been sentenced to death in the past decade.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmates
prisoners
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Most of these prisoners had committed relatively minor offenses like petty theft, but because of prison overcrowding in Great Britain, they were transferred to Australia to do manual labor like building roads, farming, construction, etc.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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Six Hawaiian prisoners were indicted last year in the May 2024 homicide of another prisoner, with five of the men being charged with first-degree murder, the news outlet reported.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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