warden

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But, as Chance Andes, the warden of San Quentin, pointed out last week, “Humanity is safety,” and treating incarcerated people like, well, people, actually makes them want to behave better.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

"I've said for many a year now that it needs a full-time warden there and appropriate signage - that's a massive thing that's missing."

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The key question is whether he can sue an individual official – here, the warden – for monetary damages.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

How about Tony Soprano’s wife as the sharp-elbowed warden of a Michigan prison?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

She hasn’t had a fit since the day we got in trouble with the warden more than two months ago now.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko