inmate

as in prisoner
a person who is kept in a prison the reintegration of former inmates into society

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Recent Examples of inmate He was later convicted in the 2001 stomping death of fellow inmate, Luther Plant, while he was incarcerated in a Texas prison. Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025 Two days before Christmas, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row — drawing praise from criminal justice groups, but outrage from Republicans and some victims' families. Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 But legally, their consent is not required as the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that the president can commute a death sentence without an inmate's consent. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025 One defendant, charged with attacking police officers with a baseball bat, even promoted an A.I. video of inmates in orange jumpsuits parading triumphantly out of jailhouse doors. Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for inmate 

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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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