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Recent Examples of inmate
Florida executed a record 19 death row inmates in 2025, and so far in 2026 has executed five more.
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
The plaintiffs – a group of advocacy organizations that represent inmates – are requesting air-conditioning be installed in every inmate housing area in every state-run prison.
—Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Coincidentally, Hitchcock killed the teenaged girl just two weeks after fellow death row inmate Zeigler was sentenced to death for the brutal killings of his wife, her parents, and a customer at his furniture store on Christmas Eve 1975, less than a mile from the Hitchcock home.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Operating more as a psychiatric asylum, the doctors experiment on the inmates — who actually volunteered to be a part of the program — with different treatments and methods.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
The plaintiffs – a group of advocacy organizations that represent inmates – are requesting air-conditioning be installed in every inmate housing area in every state-run prison.
—Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Coincidentally, Hitchcock killed the teenaged girl just two weeks after fellow death row inmate Zeigler was sentenced to death for the brutal killings of his wife, her parents, and a customer at his furniture store on Christmas Eve 1975, less than a mile from the Hitchcock home.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Operating more as a psychiatric asylum, the doctors experiment on the inmates — who actually volunteered to be a part of the program — with different treatments and methods.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmate
prisoner
Noun
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Toward that effort, prisoner leadership sought to implement a push-button technology to avoid needing IDOC workers to pull the triggers.—
Kevin Fixler
April 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ten prisoners housed in the Orleans Justice Center made their escape last spring, maneuvering out of a small hole in a wall and making their way out into the night.—
Devon Sayers,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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