Inmate
Inmate noun - One of several residents of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
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Jailed
Jailed adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
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When Spider-Man ally Joe "Robbie" Robertson gets jailed by the machinations of Tombstone, the hulking inmate Bruiser decides that Robbie will become his "very close friend".
Source: Prison Rape -
When this comes to light, Mendez is jailed—CO-on-inmate action is legally rape under 100% of cases because inmates do not retain the right to give consent—but when Figueroa asks if Daya flirted with him, Daya says that she did.
Source: Series / Orange Is the New Black
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