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Adair was pronounced dead at 9:19 p.m. KBI investigates all in-custody deaths which occur in Kansas jails and prisons unless the inmate who died was being regularly attended by a physician or the death is ruled natural by an autopsy.
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Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
In 2019, the mortality rate across the prison system was 259 per 100,000 inmates, based on Department of Justice figures showing 4,234 deaths in prisons at state and federal level nationwide.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Davidson County Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Jon Adams said officers found William Davenport, 31, unconscious at the Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Development Center for men after inmates alerted officers at about 5:50 p.m. on July 2.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
However, limited capacity at residential reentry centers (halfway houses) has resulted in many inmates staying in prison longer than necessary.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
In 2019, the mortality rate across the prison system was 259 per 100,000 inmates, based on Department of Justice figures showing 4,234 deaths in prisons at state and federal level nationwide.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Davidson County Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Jon Adams said officers found William Davenport, 31, unconscious at the Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Development Center for men after inmates alerted officers at about 5:50 p.m. on July 2.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
However, limited capacity at residential reentry centers (halfway houses) has resulted in many inmates staying in prison longer than necessary.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmate
prisoner
Noun
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To do so, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Sunday’s attack was the latest at a California state prison, nearly a month after CDCR officials briefly suspended inmate visitations in June after a surge in drug overdoses and violent attacks on prisoners and officers.—
Darrell Smith
July 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 July 2025
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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