inmate

Example Sentences

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Inside Zona 7, about 60 inmates remain, along with hundreds more countrywide for whose release family members have been clamoring for weeks.

From Barron's

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

Sheriff’s Department officials said they are continuing to make changes, hoping to reduce the number of in-custody deaths and care for an inmate population that is increasingly struggling with medical and mental health issues.

From Los Angeles Times

Ministers have argued that having a "blanket rule" for inmates could breach human rights law.

From BBC

There were 47 executions in the United States last year, the most since 2009, when 52 inmates were put to death.

From Barron's