How to Use inmate in a Sentence

inmate

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• The man walks into the ring and turns now to the screaming crowd, the other inmates.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• Perkins was being held in lieu of $1.4 million bail, according to inmate records.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2023
• The inmate, identified in court filings as J.P., noticed a semen stain on her sheet after the rape.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• DeSalvo was killed in 1973 by another inmate in prison.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 17 Mar. 2023
• The court also made a ruling that year in a case out of Stark County, in which Ware sought documents for a fellow inmate.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2023
• An online inmate roster for Pulaski County jail shows that Crutcher was arrested on Friday.
  — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2023
• 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
• At least 10 officers were present when the first guard opened the cell to check the inmates, according to Jam Press.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 8 May 2024
• The inmates feed the cats the bologna, creating a natural bond between them and the felines.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• Four inmates were treated for injuries, the source said.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024
• 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
• She’s been listed as an inmate at the Clermont County Jail since June 19.
  — Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2024
• 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
• During his stay, a boy in the next cell attempted to hang himself and Mack said the guards beat the inmate after cutting him down.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
• 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
• During the incident, two inmates rushed to attack a third.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
• Altercations and fights are at their most frequent during the hot months for both inmates and officers.
  — Daniel White, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024