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inmate

[in-mayt] / ˈɪnˌmeɪt /
NOUN
patient
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In the attempted lethal injection of a different inmate in May, a medical professional failed to establish the IV correctly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Tennessee's governor also denied a clemency request this week from the death row inmate.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

These include what went went wrong, what happens next, and - for opponents of the death penalty - fresh concerns around the suffering of an inmate when an execution does not go to plan.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department inmate records did not indicate that he was in custody Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

One inmate was thronged by three little kids the moment he left our desk.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

To pay for this labor, inmates allege that individuals outside of prison are depositing thousands of dollars into the commissary accounts of those serving the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sources told NBC News that Combs pays inmates to clean and cook special meals for him, including curry chicken, pizza and empanadas and that the hip-hop artist also receives Chinese-style massages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Officials said the residences appeared to house inmates, although prison officials claim they were for staff.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Indonesian authorities raided a prison outside Jakarta Wednesday where inmates have allegedly been paying to live in luxury, emptying several "villas" of furniture, bottles of alcohol and at least one big-screen TV.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Working for the Soros Foundation, a privately funded philanthropy organization, Goldfarb had been focusing on a very specific health crisis—a hundred thousand inmates in Russian prisons with active TB.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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