How to Use inmate in a Sentence

inmate

noun

• The deputy and the inmate began to struggle, and both fell to the ground.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2023
• The weapon, which the inmate shouldn't have had, misfired and no one was hurt.
  — CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
• While he was locked up, Carter worked in the kitchen, cooking three meals a day for thousands of inmates.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• At times, the jail has also held double the number of inmates it was designed to hold.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled against an inmate who had challenged Youngkin’s move.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• The inmates feed the cats the bologna, creating a natural bond between them and the felines.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• No staff or other inmates were injured and at no time was the public in danger.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 11 June 2023
• Speer and another inmate, Anibal Canales Jr. were sentenced to death for the killing.
  — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Terabelian, 39, now a prison inmate in Victorville, got six years.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
• That plan has to protect inmates’ health and welfare, among other things.
  — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
• Gilmore was the first inmate put to death after the Supreme Court struck down a ban on capital punishment.
  — Louie Estrada, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
• The escape was discovered as part of the inmate counts that occur when the inmates come in from the exercise yard.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Daniel Whaley showed two inmates how to remove the bees from their hives with smoke and to check if the combs had honey ready for harvesting.
  — Alicia Devine, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
• The turning point for Trejo was when a former inmate came to San Quentin to talk about his recovery.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• Life-saving measures were taken but the inmate died of his injuries.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 16 May 2023
• Also this month, two inmates escaped a jail in Virginia.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 May 2023
• It was later learned that the same wrong drug had been used to execute an inmate in January 2015.
  — CBS News, 20 July 2023
• The inmates are being held in the Warren County Jail, according to the sheriff's office.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 26 July 2023
• Puppies enter the prison at around 8-10 weeks-of-age and are raised by a good standing inmate within the facility.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
• Thousands of her fellow inmates are later brutally thrown out of planes alive amid the country's Dirty War.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
• Moor was recorded telling inmates in the county jails to look for Stansfield, who was lying low, according to transcripts of jail calls.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Wheeler said investigators are working with the Texas Rangers to see whether any narcotics Lewis introduced to the jail led to the death of an inmate.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• He was being held in the Pulaski County jail Tuesday evening in lieu of $75,00 bond, an online inmate roster showed.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2023
• View More Do Texas prison lockdowns limit inmates’ food, water?
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The inmates started a tradition of singing the national anthem every night at 9.
  — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• Authorities told the public to call law enforcement and not approach the inmate if he is spotted.
  — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2023
• In November 2022, an inmate at the prison's low-security camp attempted to shoot a visitor in the head, but the weapon was misfired.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
• The inmates argue pentobarbital, compounded and mixed, has a shelf life of about 45 days.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The attack on Chauvin was the third incident involving a high-profile federal prison inmate in the last six months.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
• England said about 300 inmates would be eligible to file motions for new sentences if the bill passes.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 11 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024