inmate

Example Sentences

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Although the Prison Service did not confirm the identity of the injured prisoner, it confirmed an inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham is receiving treatment.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Because most inmate releases are done during the daytime, prison staff had to be called back in to handle the paperwork and logistics of freeing an inmate.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

In Mansfield: “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where Tim Robbins’s character tells the inmate played by Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

According to Macias, about 22% of the inmate population was in need of mental health care in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Set into the wall by these stairs was an old, rusted gate, and an inmate would later ask me if that was where the Death House used to be.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover