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prisoners

NOUN
person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will
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It’s true, as Mr. Rubio said, that hundreds of political prisoners have been released since the start of the year and that some of them are important government critics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

It can hold up to 135 long-term and short-term men who need to be separated from mainstream prisoners because of the nature of their offence - termed "offence-related protection prisoners".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The court then issued a related ruling in Rutherford that prisoners could not receive a reduction in sentence based on mandatory minimums that Congress had reduced after their conviction.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

She said crafting helped prisoners, by creating a "sense of travel to the world they might be in one day or the world they used to be in".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Many others are prisoners who have been convicted of committing crimes.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman



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