jail

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Reform UK's treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick also previously condemned the sentence, telling the BBC: "It can never be right that a young person kills someone or rapes someone and they do not go to jail."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

He had been in and out of jail since he was a child, said Anamely Ramos, a Cuban activist and close friend who talks to him regularly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Murrell, the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, is facing a lengthy jail sentence after pleading guilty on Monday.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Snyder also was charged with trying to escape from the Palmdale station jail the day after he was arrested.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“Well, there is a way. The cleaning woman at the jail has a teenage son and they’ve almost picked him up twice. She’s desperate to find another place for him to live.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom