inmate
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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
In the 2024 general election for governor, the party won 83% of the inmate vote, according to a ProPublica tally of voter returns on the State Elections Commission’s website.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
County’s supervisors called on the Sheriff’s Department to implement new health and safety measures after 10 inmate deaths in the first two months of this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Ortiz was arraigned on Tuesday and is being held in a Los Angeles jail on bail of over $1.8 million, according to county inmate records and prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
It was like I was talking through glass to some sort of prison inmate.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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