inmate
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Christa Pike, the Tennessee inmate who survived the state’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, was discharged from the hospital and is back in prison, her attorneys said Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Experts and her legal team say her apparent recovery is unprecedented, and that no other US inmate has survived a lethal injection from executioners.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It is the third time the inmate, now 78, has been approved for parole over the course of her time in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The death row inmate has been caught in a hellish middle ground.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
As the inmate put his hands behind him and through an opening in the door, Feliciano cuffed him.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
In March, Luna asked the National Institute of Corrections to conduct a review of jail conditions after a period in which 10 inmates died in custody in less than three months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
In Saudi prisons, inmates on death row typically lose access to personal mobile devices, with formal calls strictly facilitated through prison authorities.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
Through his cellmate, Gershkovich learned the rules of Russian prison life, including how to perform various bodily functions in the cramped cell and how to comport himself with other inmates to stay safe.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
He saw in the people who arrested him and processed him at the courthouse, even in other inmates at the jail, a contempt that he'd never experienced before.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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