inmate
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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
I would not physically fight with another inmate, even if provoked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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
Panama is preparing to announce changes to its prison system in July following inmate escapes, while Honduras plans to purchase drones from Ukraine for its anti-drug efforts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
I wondered what kind of love the woman felt for the inmate.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Unions are warning the prime minister's proposal to keep PC Harper's killers in jail could increase the risk of some inmates being released by mistake, The Guardian reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Whatever was going on, nobody responded to Alcaraz’s desperate pleas for help and the shouts of the other inmates.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
In January, the Justice Department announced the conviction of two Georgia inmates who ran scams on stolen cellphones from behind bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The prison - which has a maximum capacity for about 900 inmates - came under the control of another outsourcing firm Sodexo on 16 February 2023.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
No inmates and guards around us, no noisy television, no cold gray room, no intercom blasting names and demands and rules.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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