jail

The late patriarch Manuel “Matty” Moroun, then 84, was found in contempt in 2012 for failing to make court-ordered repairs to the Ambassador Bridge and spent a night in jail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

He pleaded guilty to fraud in the United States and spent eight months in jail there, before being released in 2017.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

But after four months, she said, he got into “an altercation” and spent several months in jail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Maduro, wearing tan jail garb, listened to the proceedings on Wednesday through headphones that provided Spanish interpretation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

I wondered: Did they lock kids in jail?

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

This was part of the Starmer government's plan to tackle an unprecedented crisis of overcrowded jails.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The documentary traces Manson to his troubled childhood and almost constant incarceration in youth facilities and jails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Many of those executed in recent weeks were arrested following those protests in January, but others had been in Iranian jails for longer—in some cases for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

County allotted $25 million this fiscal year to fund the treatment program in local jails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Built jails to dwell on and hold on to its own private decay.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

In fairness, Mr. Trump succeeded in pressing China to free a jailed Christian pastor, Ezra Jin, whose children are U.S. citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Long pleaded guilty to the offences in March at Southwark Crown Court and on Friday was jailed for eight years and fours months.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

A businesswoman who fraudulently claimed about £200,000 in Covid loans because of a "messy divorce" has been jailed.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

A British man jailed in Iran after being accused of spying has had two further years added to his decade-long sentence, according to family members.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

If Booth was captured, the army would have to protect him from Lincoln’s avengers—rampaging mobs of vigilantes who might storm the Old Capitol Prison—if they discovered Booth was jailed there.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, is on trial for incitement over social media posts following her father's jailing in July 2021 which sparked unrest that claimed more than 350 lives.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

"It was first disbelief," he said, when he first saw reports of her jailing.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

It led to the arrests and jailing of Chisholm's gang.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

However, both saw promise in the dramatic arrest, jailing, and trial of a fifteen-year-old bus protester.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose