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[priz-uhn] / ˈprɪz ən /


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Just a year later, the notorious prison closed, seemingly for good, but perhaps just for now.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Before the Sagrada Familia mass on Wednesday, he is due to visit a prison and an abbey in the Montserrat mountain range overlooking Barcelona.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Advocates and local leaders have raised similar concerns in Dublin, another Bay Area city where federal officials are working to transfer ownership of a former prison.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Dedic was released from HMP Wormwood Scrubs in west London on 6 February after a court official wrongly told the prison that he had been granted bail.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Toward evening the pass-through dropped open again and the hunk of coarse prison bread appeared.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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