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prison

noun as in residence for incarcerating criminals

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Bureau of Prisons records show that Gentile was released on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he reported to prison.

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More than 900 people were prosecuted and some went to prison.

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Earlier, the court was told Mr Williams had refused to go into the video-link room from prison.

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After his conviction, the family court judge ruled that the couple's children would be able to visit their dad in prison after he began his sentence.

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Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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