jail

Example Sentences

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The woman’s name will be released after she is identified by the coroner, and the suspect’s name after he is booked into jail, the department said.

From Los Angeles Times

So was Panahi's work -- which spotlights the dilemmas of a group of ordinary Iranians as they confront a man they believe to have tortured them in jail -- not given its due?

From Barron's

Kennedy was jailed for six years at Luton Crown Court on Friday.

From BBC

She also reveals she still has unanswered questions she wants to ask her now ex-husband - the man she refers to as "Mr Pelicot" - in jail, where he is serving a 20-year term.

From BBC

And while Rahman, 60, has on occasion been the de-facto chair of an emaciated BNP when his mother was jailed and more recently when she was ill, he's largely seen as an untested leader.

From BBC