inmate

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According to department data, half of the 46 inmate deaths recorded in 2025 were listed as natural.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

As he reflected on his encounter with Orme on his return to Wales, Williams said he would continue to write to the inmate, in spite of the criticism.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The newly pardoned inmate was escorted to the captain’s office, where he used the captain’s phone to talk to Smith, his fellow pardon recipient, according to a source familiar with the situation.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

In Mansfield: “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where Tim Robbins’s character tells the inmate played by Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

One of the things I had learned at Sing Sing was, as it had been put to me, “an officer never helps an inmate carry his shit.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover