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Recent Examples of inmates
This year's exhibit features more than 800 pieces from inmates across the state and runs through March 31.
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CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Baden served for decades as a member of the New York State Correction Medical Review Board, an entity responsible for reviewing deaths of inmates in custody.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
One of the inmates who was rejected had been convicted in connection with a police chief’s slaying.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
But opposition leaders have described the proposal as an effort to erase the crimes committed in the prison, where inmates were often isolated for months at a time, and tortured by agents seeking information on the activities of opposition activists.
—Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
Georgia agreed in 2021 not to execute the inmates until the vaccine was available to everyone.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
People accused of crimes are typically taken into custody through a holdover room connected to the courtroom, which is intended for inmates.
—Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
Investigators said Davis contacted inmates and arranged meetings with their families, collecting payments of about $3,000 in exchange for legal services he was not licensed to provide.
—Michael Cuviello, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
There may be a creative ceiling to watching scores of nameless inmates get inventively eviscerated, but thanks to its 11-minute segments, the ultraviolent comedy flies by.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Baden served for decades as a member of the New York State Correction Medical Review Board, an entity responsible for reviewing deaths of inmates in custody.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
One of the inmates who was rejected had been convicted in connection with a police chief’s slaying.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
But opposition leaders have described the proposal as an effort to erase the crimes committed in the prison, where inmates were often isolated for months at a time, and tortured by agents seeking information on the activities of opposition activists.
—Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
Georgia agreed in 2021 not to execute the inmates until the vaccine was available to everyone.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
People accused of crimes are typically taken into custody through a holdover room connected to the courtroom, which is intended for inmates.
—Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
Investigators said Davis contacted inmates and arranged meetings with their families, collecting payments of about $3,000 in exchange for legal services he was not licensed to provide.
—Michael Cuviello, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
There may be a creative ceiling to watching scores of nameless inmates get inventively eviscerated, but thanks to its 11-minute segments, the ultraviolent comedy flies by.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmates
prisoners
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Under California law, prisoners seeking parole may not be penalized for failing to admit wrongdoing, so Kovacich’s claim of innocence was not used against him, Tellman said.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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The union previously urged the department to do more to separate violent prisoners, alleging the state has too often held dangerous inmates in lower-security settings not designed to house them.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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