Prisoner and Inmate are two words that can be used to refer to someone whose liberty to live freely in the society have been taken, and he's now being held at a particular place. Most times, people's knowledge of the two words has always been someone that is incarcerated in prison, either because he's on trial or because he's serving a sentence. While this is true, the word inmate has other meanings that are closely related but certainly different from the one you know.

An inmate is a word that can be used for someone who is confined to an institution such as a hospital. When a patient stays very long in a particular hospital, the word inmate can be used to refer to such a person. The inmate also refers to someone who dwells within a dwelling-place. For example, a guest in a hotel can be regarded as an inmate

Its a compound sentence because "John went to school today" is an independent cluase, as well as "James remained at home." They both express a complete thought.The sentencehas 2 independent clauses seperated by a ", FANBOY". Compound sentences have 3ways to join the 2 independent clauses, one of them being " , FANBOY", in this case the FANBOY is "but".