prison
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“That can happen to a country,” said Julian Le Vay, a former director of finance and procurement for Britain’s prison service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The troupe operated from 1958 through 1965, making it the first extended prison theater program in the U.S. launched by prisoners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
In 2023, US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, later sentenced to 16 years in prison before being released in a 2024 prisoner swap.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
That is why Justice Secretary Alex Norris says there is a "prison capacity crisis" which means the government has to implement the latest early release scheme.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
How Nollie understood the gray color-hunger of prison!
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The presiding judge has scheduled a separate hearing for next week to consider various disputed matters, including whether to recommend the brothers be assigned to the same or separate prisons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The state's prisons chief said he is resigning after the failed execution.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The head of prisons in the US state of Tennessee is resigning after the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The news outlet also reviewed footage obtained from inside the correctional facility which showed Combs using a phone, a prohibited item across state and federal prisons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
They said that at some prisons upstate, guys with seniority wanted to be gallery officers, that the galleries were small and tightly run and relatively peaceful.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
