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  • noun Plural form of inmate.

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Examples

  • If so, could he find a place in “the world,” the term inmates use for society?

    Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010

  • Zawadzki stands accused of paying workers derisory wages, expecting them to carry out the work for next to nothing as a sign of their faith, and even of bringing in inmates from the local prison to work on the project, under an agreement he allegedly hatched with the prison governor.

    Jesus Christ statue in smalltown Poland bids to rival Rio's Redeemer Kate Connolly in Berlin 2010

  • Kevin says, using the phrase inmates with two felony convictions use for the possibility that a third could draw a life sentence.

    Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010

  • The best hope for reducing recidivism in inmates is the hope found in Christ.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Andrew Beckner 2007

  • The best hope for reducing recidivism in inmates is the hope found in Christ.

    For week ending 2-17-07 Andrew Beckner 2007

  • The hole is the term inmates use for an isolation cell.

    IdahoStatesman.com News Updates 2009

  • What separates them from the rest of the inmates is the elaborate scheme they have concocted.

    2010 March 28 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • On October 4, 2010, I sat down with artist, activist and Soros Justice Fellow Laurie Jo Reynolds to discuss her work with inmates from the Tamms Correctional Center, a "supermax" prison in Southern Illinois.

    Gregory Sholette: Artist Shows Supermax Prisons Supercruel Gregory Sholette 2010

  • On October 4, 2010, I sat down with artist, activist and Soros Justice Fellow Laurie Jo Reynolds to discuss her work with inmates from the Tamms Correctional Center, a "supermax" prison in Southern Illinois.

    Gregory Sholette: Artist Shows Supermax Prisons Supercruel Gregory Sholette 2010

  • On October 4, 2010, I sat down with artist, activist and Soros Justice Fellow Laurie Jo Reynolds to discuss her work with inmates from the Tamms Correctional Center, a "supermax" prison in Southern Illinois.

    Gregory Sholette: Artist Shows Supermax Prisons Supercruel Gregory Sholette 2010

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