inmate
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A two-year-old boy's adoption has been overturned after his adoptive mother failed to disclose she was in a relationship with an inmate at the prison where she worked.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
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
He said inmates reported that inmate group leaders were “always sending messages” up until election day, adding that they were too afraid to say much more.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
He claimed to have been inspired by blues legend Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, who he said was a fellow inmate at one point.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The inmate had been telling me that the farther north you went in the prison system, the less talking there was between officers and inmates.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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