jail
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The government has capped weekly work hours at 52 and passed a law to jail executives for negligence leading to workplace deaths.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
In October 2023, Truelove pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of destruction of property in Virginia and was sentenced to 90 days 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
The station didn’t have a jail, but the intruder had to go somewhere.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Tens of thousands of inmates have been let out of prison to create more space in jails since 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A captain that oversaw that unit was later reassigned to run the custody services division, which runs the department’s jails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
There are even miniature jails you can lock your phone in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
OVP has long drawn attention to the poor conditions in Venezuelan jails, with the organisation warning that many do not meet the "minimum standards" which should be guaranteed by law.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
The jails are full of men and women who have been trapped in the spider’s web of the Stanton investigation.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
Edwards was jailed for three years and eight months.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A British woman has been jailed for six years in Hong Kong for blackmail and perverting the course of justice after a court found she made a false allegation of rape.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
There’s probably a religious motif, though in the foreground something more immediate: money, the release of others jailed in some sinkhole for doing more or less the same thing these men are doing.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
When jailing Long, Judge Perrins said: "Your offending has taken a very heavy toll on the lives of so many and you should feel deeply ashamed."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
While the criminal justice system has made significant progress in recent years in prosecuting and jailing criminal groomers, she believes convictions alone cannot answer the deeper questions now facing the inquiry.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Following Sansal's jailing, French officials arrested Algerian influencers in France on "terror" propaganda charges, and there were tit-for-tat expulsions of officials working in both countries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 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
But I wanted to like it, because gallery work was the essential job of jailing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
