prison

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If convicted, Lu could face up to 20 years in prison.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico instructed them to exclude the voting-related counts against the inmates and all charges against the prison staff, an investigation by ProPublica found.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Akram, who is being held in a high-security prison, is yet to indicate how he will plead.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

He pleaded guilty to mail and securities fraud in 1987 and was sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Was it possible that this—all of this that seemed so wasteful and so needless—this war, Scheveningen prison, this very cell, none of it was unforeseen or accidental?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom