prison

Example Sentences

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"The crimes you were convicted of are very serious and you deserve to spend time in prison for these offenses," he wrote to her.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

"When you look at the prison system in the Northern Territory, it is nearly always 100% Aboriginal children and nearly every single one of those children came out of the child protection system," says Liddle.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

However, Littlejohn pleaded guilty three years ago and the Biden Justice Department sentenced him to five years in prison.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

On May 4, 1945, at Gunskirchen, a Nazi prison camp in Austria, Edith was found by U.S. soldiers in a heap of people dead or dying.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Yes. One of the recent arrivals. Tell me something about her. What is she in prison for?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom