in jail

Example Sentences

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If that case is the benchmark - with around a month in jail for every £1,000 embezzled - then Murrell could be behind bars for a very long time.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Then there’s the cost to process people through the criminal justice system, including any stints in jail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

In 2021, Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in jail after refusing to testify to a panel probing financial corruption and cronyism under his presidency.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

In his 2023 memoir, he wrote about growing up in a council flat in London's East End, visiting his bank robber grandfather in jail and growing up as a gay Christian.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

And in jail, I had Malli for a friend, who was so much younger but never asked questions as ignorant as Junaid's.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman