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[IMaDick]

"inmate" legal definition: noun
An individual confined in a correctional or psychiatric institution

i stand by my comment...to me an inmate is someone in custody.
i think it would be frowned upon in a psych unit/hospital/ward to call the patients inmates. but that's just me. i don't always agree with 'definitions' as opposed to common usage. they may be technically correct but not appropriate in reality.

I've never heard a psych patient referred to as a an "inmate" IRL either, unless they are in a facility for the criminally insane. It would definitely be disrespectful to refer to psych patients as "inmates" even if technically accurate.

Me thinks disrespect was Dick's intent. Bad Dick.

Me? Disrespect the lunatic? To begin with a person would have to have some form of respect that doesn't come from a made up life in order for someone to dis respect them.