inmate

Example Sentences

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Rylaarsdam is currently in custody at the Las Colinas Detention Facility in San Diego County, where she has been held without bail since her arrest, according to inmate records.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

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

I walked at the end of the procession, as was customary, and could see that the last porter in the file, a slight jokester inmate known as Beezle, was barely making it.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover