inmate
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When a prison cell in a tiny New York town caught fire and killed 35-year-old inmate Marcos “Bori” Alcaraz last month, it barely made any headlines.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
By comparison, federal prisons in fiscal year 2025 spent about $2,700 per inmate on external medical care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It's this instrument of resistance… where we can really share friendship, love and our voices can be heard," Steve Happi, the former inmate who co-founded Jail Time Records, tells the BBC's Talking Movies programme.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“The inmate Carroll impregnated is not one of the two victims in this case,” Assistant District Attorney Eric DuTemple said in an email this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“You see her?” he said quietly of a woman holding hands with an inmate at a table.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
And a dwindling number of attorneys who specialize in death penalty cases meant 70% of condemned inmates did not have a lawyer at the end of last year, according to a state report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The California Supreme Court also must review executive clemency actions for inmates with more than one felony charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Standing in a holding pen for inmates, wearing orange jail attire, Holdo looked back at Savery almost admiringly, at times bowing his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The lack of space has also led to cells, which are designed to hold one person, being used for two inmates, the other governor from northern England said, which raises "serious health and safety concerns".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Nearly one in five prison and jail inmates has a serious mental illness.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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