inmate:
(plural: ‘inmates‘; pronunciation: ‘in…mate’)
a person living in the same room or building as others, especially unwillingly as in a mental hospital or prison;
one of several occupants/residents of a building or institute,
prison inmates with guards on watch
When the inmate of the prison was not given good food, he started on a fast and the prison officers were forced to give him the food he wanted.
Studies have shown that petty thieves serving in prisons learn better methods of doing crimes from the senior inmates they meet there.
There are several incidences where female inmates in mental hospitals are harassed by the male hospital staff, especially by the staff on night duties.
Unlike in the past, inmates of any prison or mental hospital are given more freedom and better treatment as a result of strong protests from intrepid human rights groups.
