prison

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Fernández has said she will declare a state of emergency in areas where gangs hold sway and finish the construction of a high-security jail similar to the Cecot prison in El Salvador.

From BBC

But Iran's judiciary denied that he was sentenced to death, saying he faced security-related charges carrying prison terms only.

From BBC

She has also vowed to stiffen prison sentences and to impose a state of emergency in areas worst hit by crime.

From Barron's

In the years after Mandela's release from prison in 1990, political violence between his supporters and those of a Zulu nationalist party nearly derailed the process that led to the end of white-minority rule.

From BBC

"Freedom, freedom, freedom," people with relatives in the prison shouted after Rodriguez announced Friday plans for a general amnesty and the closing of the prison.

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