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inmate

[in-meyt] / ˈɪnˌmeɪt /
NOUN
patient
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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

Carranza has made jail reform one of her top campaign focuses, promising to reduce violence and lower the risk of lawsuits and what she says are preventable inmate deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The Oscar winner plays an innocent death-row inmate in a drama inspired by a documentary and co-starring Tessa Thompson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Set into the wall by these stairs was an old, rusted gate, and an inmate would later ask me if that was where the Death House used to be.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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