behind bars
Example Sentences
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Before Friday's release, Foro Penal said more than 350 political prisoners remained behind bars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mangione, if found guilty, could face decades behind bars.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Missing your daughter’s youth while behind bars is a crushing weight, but knowing she’ll never see her father again is a far darker reality.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
In January, the Justice Department announced the conviction of two Georgia inmates who ran scams on stolen cellphones from behind bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
One in 9 black men between the ages of twenty and thirty-five was behind bars in 2006, and far more were under some form of penal control—such as probation or parole.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
