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Consider the 2006 mass pardon in Italy, in which 40% of all inmates in the country were released from prison all at once.
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Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Alabama and Louisiana have executed inmates by nitrogen gas.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Following Mahdi's death, the Palmetto State now has 26 inmates on death row – only one of those people has been sentenced to death in the past decade.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Terminally ill inmates may also be released early and in recent years prosecutors have been allowed to file resentencing petitions to argue that further incarceration is unjust.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Former inmates in California reenter the criminal justice system at nearly twice that rate.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The state had released some inmates to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which partially prompted the closure of four prisons.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates are running the asylum.
—Danielle Pergament, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates who built the residence camp lived in a section of the complex known as the prisoners’ camp.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Alabama and Louisiana have executed inmates by nitrogen gas.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Following Mahdi's death, the Palmetto State now has 26 inmates on death row – only one of those people has been sentenced to death in the past decade.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Terminally ill inmates may also be released early and in recent years prosecutors have been allowed to file resentencing petitions to argue that further incarceration is unjust.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Former inmates in California reenter the criminal justice system at nearly twice that rate.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The state had released some inmates to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which partially prompted the closure of four prisons.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates are running the asylum.
—Danielle Pergament, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
The inmates who built the residence camp lived in a section of the complex known as the prisoners’ camp.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Inmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmates. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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