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Recent Examples of inmates
It’s been over a month since the first COVID-19 cases in Florida started to pop up, but just one day since the FDC started to publicly list how many inmates and employees have been tested for the disease.
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Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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
Former inmates in California reenter the criminal justice system at nearly twice that rate.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates are running the asylum.
—Danielle Pergament, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates who built the residence camp lived in a section of the complex known as the prisoners’ camp.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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
Former inmates in California reenter the criminal justice system at nearly twice that rate.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates are running the asylum.
—Danielle Pergament, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates who built the residence camp lived in a section of the complex known as the prisoners’ camp.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmates
prisoners
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Another, Alfateh Abdullah Idris, who goes by the nickname Abu Lulu, casually begins firing a Kalashnikov rifle down the row of prisoners.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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The numbers posted Saturday show the state has tested 339 prisoners, a fraction of approximately 95,000 inmates in the system.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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