in jail

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If that case is the benchmark - with around a month in jail for every £1,000 embezzled - then Murrell could be behind bars for a very long time.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The couple were sentenced in February to 10 years in jail on espionage charges, which they deny.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

In one of their final conversations last year, Long had a pointed question for Jin: What if the church’s worst-case scenario came to pass, and Zion’s entire team was thrown in jail?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Then there’s the cost to process people through the criminal justice system, including any stints in jail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"Bad enough I was Hindu—but a Hindu daughter-in-law who was in jail? They'd never have accepted that," Amma says.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman