jail
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He’s been sentenced to 16 months in county jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Meanwhile, Marset has been biding his time in jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The hearing is expected to feature a Florida woman who spent 13 days in jail after her car was spotted by a Flock camera a few miles from a fatal crash involving a similar vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Another man he went on trial with, Azad Mamedli, was given 12 years in jail.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Maybe they were going to put me in jail.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Some prisons hold more than 1,000 inmates - like large Victorian jails.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In March, Luna also reached out to the National Institute of Corrections to examine conditions at Los Angeles County jails after a rash of in-custody jail deaths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Often, Huntsman said, he found problems in the jails were the result of deficient training and management.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was the first of four new jails due to be opened under a government pledge to create 14,000 places by 2031.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Empire raids, jails, and kills for such “crimes,” but teaching a six-year-old her letters isn't evil—not in the minds of my people, the Scholar people.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Urfan Sharif was jailed for a minimum term of 40 years, while Batool has to serve at least 33 years in custody.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The driver helped PC Kerswell catch up to Roberts, who was arrested and later jailed for one year and two months for a number of driving offences.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
They also say those convicted have been jailed for sentences totalling 118 years and 22 migrant criminals were deported as a result of their offences.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Another 28 were jailed in Mersin, the DHA news agency said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
As Germany grew more desperate for manpower during the last months of war, the army offered Karl Schnibbe, who was jailed for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, the opportunity to restore his honor by fighting for Germany.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The Metro leads on the jailing of James Gillingham, who was found guilty of running a £13m ponzi scheme.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Baptiste was originally reported as missing in Morocco in some media articles published on 14 August, before a BBC Sport investigation revealed his conviction and jailing.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in 2024 that Canberra was "gravely concerned" about the jailing of Ng and other Hong Kong activists.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
By not jailing her, the judge left her no way to appeal.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
