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Recent Examples of inmates
As the Netflix series often attempted to bring light to the real mistreatment faced by incarcerated people, Poussey’s death at the hands of a police officer who suffocated her was intended to shed light on the real police brutality Black inmates in particular face.
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Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
In factual, the slate includes Bolivian prison doc Inside Out, which goes inside the walls of the notorious San Pedro prison, run by inmates.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Vedam earned several degrees behind bars, tutored hundreds of fellow inmates and went nearly half a century with just a single infraction, involving rice brought in from the outside.
—Maryclaire Dale, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
That puts the nation on pace to execute at least 46 inmates in 2025.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Not just anyone can participate due to the liability of the equipment and working with other inmates.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Notable inmates once held at the jail include Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, civil rights leader Malcolm X and mobster Whitey Bulger, according to records.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Classrooms where inmates once learned are now used by sheriff’s office staff.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
At its peak, the prison held 3,000 inmates in 30 work camps across the island.
—Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
In factual, the slate includes Bolivian prison doc Inside Out, which goes inside the walls of the notorious San Pedro prison, run by inmates.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Vedam earned several degrees behind bars, tutored hundreds of fellow inmates and went nearly half a century with just a single infraction, involving rice brought in from the outside.
—Maryclaire Dale, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
That puts the nation on pace to execute at least 46 inmates in 2025.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Not just anyone can participate due to the liability of the equipment and working with other inmates.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Notable inmates once held at the jail include Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, civil rights leader Malcolm X and mobster Whitey Bulger, according to records.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Classrooms where inmates once learned are now used by sheriff’s office staff.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
At its peak, the prison held 3,000 inmates in 30 work camps across the island.
—Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmates
prisoners
Noun
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There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some of the prisoners shot and killed two guards with an automatic pistol.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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