prisoners

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Local news reports said that an estimated 5,000 prisoners voted territorywide.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

A total of 614 prisoners serving sentences of less than four years were freed in the six months to 30 April under an emergency early release programme.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

For example, he was planning on launching and distributing an app that prisoners would be able to run on their tablets to learn programming, a skill that would help them get jobs upon release.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

At Miami’s airport, Venezuelan journalists in exile pressed Plasencia about the possibility of returning to Venezuela and the more than 450 political prisoners still held here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

It was clear his visit lifted the morale of many of the prisoners, and some asked him to come back again.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French