inmate
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Maria Tran worked at John George Psychiatric Pavilion and met the deputy after he brought an inmate there for an evaluation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
A two-year-old boy's adoption has been overturned after his adoptive mother failed to disclose she was in a relationship with an inmate at the prison where she worked.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
A visit to a pasticceria program at a high-security Padua prison—where the recidivism rate for inmate bakers, we are told, is only 10%—is not so much about food as it is about Italy itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
He said inmates reported that inmate group leaders were “always sending messages” up until election day, adding that they were too afraid to say much more.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
When I asked him where it was, he said his shirt was to be laundered by the notorious gangster inmate Al Capone.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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