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Recent Examples of inmates
The men, who set a fire and overpowered at least two guards, allegedly had the assistance of at least one guard in the Special Incarceration Unit, where inmates with discipline problems spend 23 hours a day in their cells.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Seven inmates died in January, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and another two deaths have occurred so far in February.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The film centers on inmates at an Indonesian correctional facility whose fragile power structures fracture when a new prisoner arrives with a vengeful supernatural entity that hunts those with the darkest aura.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
Earlier in the year, 10 inmates brazenly escaped from a New Orleans jail.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
When Mobley could not walk on his own one day, other inmates carried him back to his cell, the lawsuit said.
—Ryan Oehrli
february 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Four of those settlements involved deaths of inmates.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Seven inmates died in January, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and another two deaths have occurred so far in February.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The film centers on inmates at an Indonesian correctional facility whose fragile power structures fracture when a new prisoner arrives with a vengeful supernatural entity that hunts those with the darkest aura.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
Earlier in the year, 10 inmates brazenly escaped from a New Orleans jail.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
When Mobley could not walk on his own one day, other inmates carried him back to his cell, the lawsuit said.
—Ryan Oehrli
february 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Four of those settlements involved deaths of inmates.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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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In a statement to CNN, the Dera said Singh was entitled to parole like thousands of other prisoners in the state.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The two sides agreed to swap 314 prisoners in the first such exchange in five months, Steve Witkoff said in a post on X on Thursday.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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