prisoners
Example Sentences
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It’s true, as Mr. Rubio said, that hundreds of political prisoners have been released since the start of the year and that some of them are important government critics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The court then issued a related ruling in Rutherford that prisoners could not receive a reduction in sentence based on mandatory minimums that Congress had reduced after their conviction.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
Zaghari-Ratcliffe said she started distributing the fabric among her fellow prisoners, "because everyone wanted to have a piece of liberty that they didn't have".
From BBC • May 30, 2026
She said crafting helped prisoners, by creating a "sense of travel to the world they might be in one day or the world they used to be in".
From BBC • May 30, 2026
On lucky days when water is available, it must be boiled first, so that it doesn’t make the prisoners sick.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
