inmate
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"It's this instrument of resistance… where we can really share friendship, love and our voices can be heard," Steve Happi, the former inmate who co-founded Jail Time Records, tells the BBC's Talking Movies programme.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“The inmate Carroll impregnated is not one of the two victims in this case,” Assistant District Attorney Eric DuTemple said in an email this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The county jail’s inmate tracker has not been updated and does not indicate if he has posted bond or been released.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Panama is preparing to announce changes to its prison system in July following inmate escapes, while Honduras plans to purchase drones from Ukraine for its anti-drug efforts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Sergeant Brereton took me and another officer along to collect the inmate from his cell in 5-Building.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
The prison housed 4,100 inmates, about four times its capacity, an issue common across the country's jails.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
"We got reinforcements from the armed forces and the Special Task Force commandos to restore order and send the inmates back to their cells," Medawatte told reporters outside the prison.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Patriarch Abune Mathias urged the government to negotiate with the Saudi authorities and called the inmates "voiceless children" living "under the shadow of death".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Early last year, the Sheriff’s Department put the number of inmates with mental health needs at 46%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nearly one in five prison and jail inmates has a serious mental illness.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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