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"The people are hopeful that... we will arrive at free and democratic elections," said former political prisoner and ex-lawmaker Williams Davila, 74.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The average cost of keeping a prisoner in Belmarsh is £97,740 according to figures for 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Special Forces in a dramatic military operation in January, told the judge that he had been kidnapped and was a prisoner of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Otero Alcantara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

A worker on the food crew—a long-term prisoner from the main camp— smiled encouragingly as he ladled out our breakfast.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

On Dec. 13, 1944, 1,619 Allied POWs, mostly Americans, were loaded onto the Oryoku Maru in Manila as the Japanese rushed to move prisoners to labor camps elsewhere before the Americans retook the islands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

A Japanese ship sank off the Philippines in 1944 with hundreds of American prisoners of war on board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

She has proposed fighting crime by expelling undocumented people, setting up courts with anonymous judges and making prisoners work for their food.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Burnham announced last week that he was pausing the scheme, which would have seen about 700 prisoners freed in the first phase in September, following a backlash from survivors and victims.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Stockdale was then driven to Hanoi and carried on a stretcher into Hao Lo prison—the “Hanoi Hilton,” as American prisoners bitterly joked.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin