prison

Example Sentences

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So next I search for how to find a person in prison.

From Literature

Many more people live in federal and state prisons where private contractors often source the food and medical care, or receive easy labor from its inhabitants.

From Salon

Booth originally served more than six years in prison for those convictions, but was recalled four times for breaches in his IPP license conditions.

From BBC

CBS News staffers were stunned when she decided to pull a segment on the abuses at an El Salvador prison used by the U.S. government to detain undocumented immigrants from Venezuela.

From Los Angeles Times

At her side was Maria Corina Machado, who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and other opposition leaders who ended up in hiding, exile, or prison.

From Barron's