prison

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Fernando Melo Flores, 40, faces up to four years and two months in prison if convicted on all counts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Heaps has been serving his time at Soledad prison and will now return there to serve the rest of his 11-year sentence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Her father, former president Alberto Fujimori, died in 2024 after serving 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, bribery and embezzlement.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

A few days before Easter, Cuba announced that it would release 2,010 prison inmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“It can’t stay here. We have to return it to its prison in Nowhere.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova