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Definition of Cellmates
1. cellmate [n] - See also: cellmate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cellmates
Literary usage of Cellmates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cost of Tuberculosis Control in Minnesota: A Report to the Legislature edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"The source case had 30 cellmates over the course of his incarceration in the St.
... Eight former cellmates were still in the jail when contact testing was ..."
2. The Human Rights Watch Global Report on Prisons by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"They routinely prevent detainees from communicating with the outside world or
inmates other than their cellmates, to make it impossible for them to ..."
3. No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons by Joanne Mariner, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001)
"Unsurprisingly, a large number of inmates report having been raped by their
cellmates. The alarming frequency of such reports indicates to Human Rights ..."
4. Police Brutality in Urban Brazil by James Cavallaro, Anne Manuel (1997)
"His cellmates believed that Alves had died as a result of the torture to which
he had been subjected. Prudente later heard from other prisoners that Alves ..."
5. Prison Conditions in Egypt by Middle East Watch (Organization, Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"His cellmates said that he was a diabetic and had been ... According to his
cellmates, he had taken very ill three days before, at which point they called ..."
6. Correction and Prevention by Eugene Smith, Hastings Hornell Hart (1910)
"No jail cell can have air enough for two persons, and it is difficult to so select
cellmates that neither will be injured. The monotony of jail life is very ..."
7. Prison Life and Reflections: Or A Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction by George Thompson (1847)
""The profanity of my cellmates, often breaks in like an intruder on my best
thoughts," &c ..."
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