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
If the state case can’t go forward, it reduces the chances Mangione will spend all of his remaining days behind bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Seeking to deny Lavie mental health diversion, prosecutors said she was plotting behind bars and engaging in conduct very similar to the charged offenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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
