in prison
Example Sentences
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Having not once allowed himself to cry in prison, he now wept regularly and was having nightmares of still being behind bars.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“The continued scrutiny of every mundane detail of Sean Combs’s life in prison has reached the point where the media characterizes ordinary prison life as news,” the spokesperson said via email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pike's legal team had filed the clemency petition earlier this month, requesting that her death sentence be commuted to life in prison.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Earlier this year, a former Fed staff member, John Rogers, was sentenced to more than three years in prison for lying to investigators about sharing restricted Fed information with Chinese operatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Of the nearly 7.3 million people currently under correctional control, only 2.3 million are in prison or jail.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
