prisoner
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Next month, the lecture will host Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months before his release in a prisoner exchange in August 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
A federal prisoner serving a 20-year sentence for a Mafia-linked racketeering conviction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
After all, Lindsay Clancy is already a prisoner of her own mind, body and memories, which will last the rest of her days.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Another prison governor who also works in the north of England told the BBC that something needs to be done about overcrowding and prisoner recalls, or "the criminal justice system will grind to a halt".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rather than a prisoner transport bus, Sara left the courthouse in a limousine with two people who claimed to be spies.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Now, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is down to 90,000 prisoners, and has 8,000 more beds available than it has people in custody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
In 2006, overcrowding forced some of the state’s 170,000 prisoners to sleep in hallways and multipurpose rooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
During a supervised visit to a Ukrainian detention centre in February, AFP collected similar testimonies from foreign prisoners of war who had fought for Russia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
His case is about the procedural mechanism prisoners must use to seek that sort of transfer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The glasses man had told me that Janowska was also for political prisoners as well as Poles, Romanies, and even some Ukrainians.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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