prison
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Former Federal Reserve official John Rogers was sentenced to 38 months in prison for lying to investigators about sharing restricted information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Cole was told he would serve a minimum term of 29 years in prison while Williamson was to serve at least 28 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Overlaying the rescue of the boy and the identification of the abductor is a nuanced and troubling examination of trauma and how it creates its own kind of prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Castellucci is accused of postponing work on pier number 9 and faces 18 years in prison.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Don’t be so dramatic,” said Vivian, who earlier had told Maya-Jade that she felt as if she’d been paroled from prison.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Physicians for Human Rights Israel, an Israeli medical-advocacy nonprofit that monitors prisons, said it has visited 59 detainees since February, with all reporting insufficient food and medical treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We see repeated failures from prisons to learn from their mistakes and to implement change."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
India’s foreign ministry and its home ministry, which oversees prisons, didn’t respond to requests for comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Prisons commissioner media spokesman AC Gajanayake said steps had been taken to transfer inmates to other prisons.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Roughly half of the people in state prisons are classified as violent offenders, but that statistic can easily be misinterpreted.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
