Example Sentences

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"Convicts should be rehabilitated by changing their mindset while in prison," he said.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2022

Convicts, abandoned lovers, the dog that pulled someone out of quicksand, a crow in a Dickens novel.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2018

"Yes, we like to get people together," says Eduardo Henrique Alves de Oliveira of the Brazilian Fraternity of Assistance to Convicts.

From BBC • May 21, 2018

Convicts must have served more than half their sentences or have up to two years left on sentences for mostly nonviolent crimes.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2016

Convicts had no meaningful legal rights at this time and no effective redress.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander