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Recent Examples of inmate
Eight of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail through a hole behind a toilet on May 16 have been captured.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The official said he was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into the May 16 escape by 10 inmates.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
All but one of those Santa Clara County death row inmates saw their execution orders wiped from the books.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
What about the deaths of 21 jail inmates over four years that prompted the NAACP to demand a federal civil rights investigation?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The official said he was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into the May 16 escape by 10 inmates.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
All but one of those Santa Clara County death row inmates saw their execution orders wiped from the books.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
What about the deaths of 21 jail inmates over four years that prompted the NAACP to demand a federal civil rights investigation?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmate
prisoner
Noun
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Around 30,000 children are among those being held as prisoners.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
1 June 2025
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Whether or not Melendez or any of these men ever walk free, what was once California’s most notorious lockup is now a place that offers them the chance to change and provides the most elusive of emotions for prisoners — hope.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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