behind bars
Example Sentences
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The money, in their view, not only has to make up for mounting legal fees, but lost income, tainted reputations, fractured families, and years spent behind bars.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
"The relief I feel knowing that he will remain behind bars is hard to put into words," the wife of former prime minister Boris Johnson wrote on X.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of wire fraud last year.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Some jurors teared up over the possibility of the young men spending decades behind bars.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
By the end of 2007, more than 7 million Americans—or one in every 31 adults—were behind bars, on probation, or on parole.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
