behind bars

Example Sentences

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The government also plans to implement maximum-security standards in dozens of prisons across the country in a bid to sever organized crime leaders' ability to operate from behind bars.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

During her nearly four decades behind bars, Broderick became eligible for parole twice — once in 2010 and again in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

In an interview with CBS last year, Curran said he told Trump he was prepared to go behind bars with him.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

And yet is it in the interest of justice to hold behind bars a person who’s not the same one who was sentenced?

From Slate • May 2, 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