prison
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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
Lawyers for the Alexanders argued that a sentence of 15 years, the mandatory minimum required by law, in prison was sufficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
She says officers told her they knew the likely suspect, who had recently been released from prison, but they had been unable to prove it was him.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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
Owen looked around at their cold, cylindrical prison.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
These include places created in three new prisons.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The state's prisons chief is resigning after the failed execution.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
The maximum-security prison was more recently built than Holman or Donaldson, the other maximum-security prisons in Alabama, but no one would suggest that St. Clair was modern.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
