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One person was detained by officers Friday afternoon, but information was not immediately available on whether that individual had been booked into jail, the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

He told the police he was the original Superman artist, and to prove it he drew the Man of Steel convincingly enough to stay out of jail.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Last year it deported an Australian man at the end of a nine-day jail term for rushing film star Ariana Grande during the Asian premier of "Wicked: For Good".

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Ahmed Al-Doush, a British business analyst from Manchester, has been in jail in Saudi Arabia since August 2024, apparently over a handful of social media posts dating back several years.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Jack asked, taking a quick look around his jail cell.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The prison housed 4,100 inmates, about four times its capacity, an issue common across the country's jails.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, thousands more are waiting in county jails for cases that are winding through a new, convoluted and confusing system where geography controls the rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

But she has remained behind in jail since, spending two periods in an open prison before being returned to higher-security jails because of concerns about her behaviour.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Many of those executed in recent weeks were arrested following those protests in January, but others had been in Iranian jails for longer—in some cases for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Ella didn't understand how or why Marvellians came to use their cards for their jails in the first place, and the answers to questions like those never showed up in library books.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Former Olympian David Hearn, 67, was arrested and charged with felony vandalism, which could have seen him jailed for a decade.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Even selling the book could prove dangerous in the South: Authorities in North Carolina jailed one missionary for distributing four copies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Who are the activists jailed in Hong Kong's largest national security trial?

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

He was jailed after an attempt to flee communist Germany but later made his way to West Germany where, following his medical studies, he invented the process to preserve biological specimens in 1977.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

A person who believes in Satyagraha will not fight physically, but instead resists through his or her own inner courage, knowing he might be jailed or beaten.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

When jailing Long, Judge Perrins said: "Your offending has taken a very heavy toll on the lives of so many and you should feel deeply ashamed."

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Aside from jailing the coxswains, Hong Kong courts previously handed prison sentences to two government ship inspectors who failed to ensure lifejacket compliance.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

Ross Hart, like Amy Hodgkinson-Hedgecox, has been released early on licence, but his views on asylum seekers have not been affected by his jailing.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

Lafayette’s reputation in the black community was raised another notch when he went to court to fight his arrest and jailing on a false charge of vagrancy.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman