prison
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If Truelove ends up in prison for a long stint, his half-sister figures, he will at least get a bed and three meals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The stories and sufferings of prison life have often been captured in the melodies of incarcerated musicians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Under the Mental Health Act, the MoJ is likely to have had no choice but to accept doctors' recommendations about whether Rudakubana could be held safely in prison.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A video also smuggled out of prison showed him singing a patriotic song in the prison yard ahead of execution.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
That prison bag . . . how many times I opened it in my mind and pawed through all the things I had left behind.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
He acknowledged that there was "pressure on prisons places" and that a failure to invest in the prison system in the past had created "an unacceptable situation".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The prisons minister has resigned from the government, the BBC has been told.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Dhillon said both investigations into the two women’s prisons are “being pursued vigorously and simultaneously.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Still, pressure is building on Israel to provide a more thorough accounting of its prisons, as more reports of alleged abuses come to light, report Feliz Solomon and Anat Peled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
These men were in charge of administering the prisons on a day-to-day basis.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
