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Peru's constitutional court has overturned a 15-year jail sentence handed to the country's former president after he was found guilty of corruption.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He told the police he was the original Superman artist, and to prove it he drew the Man of Steel convincingly enough to stay out of jail.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Last year it deported an Australian man at the end of a nine-day jail term for rushing film star Ariana Grande during the Asian premier of "Wicked: For Good".

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a crucial step toward restoring county funding for initiatives to help keep people out of jail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The station didn’t have a jail, but the intruder had to go somewhere.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

The prison housed 4,100 inmates, about four times its capacity, an issue common across the country's jails.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Crisscrossing the country — from his hometown in Virginia to California, Florida and Maryland — Truelove moved between the streets, jails, homeless shelters and psychiatric facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

But she has remained behind in jail since, spending two periods in an open prison before being returned to higher-security jails because of concerns about her behaviour.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

There are even miniature jails you can lock your phone in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

I believe there should be a total ban on housing children under the age of eighteen with adults in jails or prisons.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Kerry remembers the night she first heard about Kebatu's offending, for which he was jailed and later deported.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Robert Bush was jailed for 20 years at Hull Crown Court on Friday for 67 offences, including denying 30 people a decent and proper burial and giving families the ashes of strangers.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Former Olympian David Hearn, 67, was arrested and charged with felony vandalism, which could have seen him jailed for a decade.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Even selling the book could prove dangerous in the South: Authorities in North Carolina jailed one missionary for distributing four copies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

He was less troubled by the closeness of his cell walls with the naked light put out, less conscious that he was jailed.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, is on trial for incitement over social media posts following her father's jailing in July 2021 which sparked unrest that claimed more than 350 lives.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

The prime minister said he had also raised contentious issues including the jailing of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai and the treatment of the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

Mr Gauke's review found that the prison population began to balloon as Labour and Conservative administrations competed to introduce tougher and tougher measures aimed at jailing people.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

However, both saw promise in the dramatic arrest, jailing, and trial of a fifteen-year-old bus protester.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose