prison
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So the question now isn’t only what happens to Jimmy Lai if he remains in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
On Monday, Zambada was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
In court on Monday, the pair wore light brown prison uniforms and were handcuffed and shackled at the waist and ankles.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The 76-year-old is the former top associate of the organization's kingpin founder, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
We were not heading toward the outside entrance at all, but deeper into the maze of prison passageways.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Lord Timpson said in his resignation statement that he had left "our prisons and probation service in a much healthier and happier state than two years ago".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Dhillon said both investigations into the two women’s prisons are “being pursued vigorously and simultaneously.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Journal interviewed a dozen Palestinians released from Israeli prisons since 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It is drawing up plans for data centers that look more like Silicon Valley tech campuses or art museums, rather than windowless rectangles that neighbors often grouse about resembling prisons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
