prisoners

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For the families of the incarcerated, this original debut suggests, freedom can be as elusive as it is for the prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Northern Ireland has a rate of 109 prisoners for every 100,000 people in the population.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Rodriguez, who served as Maduro's vice president, has also pushed through an amnesty law that led to the release of hundreds of political prisoners, though some 500 remain behind bars.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Not classified as prisoners of war, these seafarers are stuck inside a gathering emergency—caught in the crossfire for more than two months, and running low on basic provisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Two Rus-sian women prisoners were scrubbing the wall, but they could not remove the tar-based paint.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti