On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Prison. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as situation and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
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Prison meaning
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
- Confinement in prison.
- Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
Synonyms of Prison
Using Prison
- The main meaning on this page is: A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government. | Confinement in prison. | Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- Useful related words include: prison house, correctional institution, situation, state of affairs.
- In the example corpus, prison often appears in combinations such as: in prison, the prison, prison in.
Example sentences (20)
The "Holy Prison", or Prison of Christ * Prison of Christ – In the north-east side of the complex there is The Prison of Christ, alleged by the Franciscans to be where Jesus was held.
He was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in December 2021 and moved off death row, from San Quentin State Prison to Mule Creek State Prison, in October 2022.
Guyana Police Force investigators were told that prison authorities saw the man moments earlier with the bucket and when questioned, he said he received the the marijuana from a prison officer at the Timehri Prison.
The prison director said while the prison remains overcrowded, adjustments were made to ensure that the prison officers are not overburdened and stretched beyond the normal working hours.
Ağca's life sentence was reduced to 10 years in prison for murder under a Turkish law that shortened prison sentences if served in a foreign prison.
In prison he perhaps writes he writes To Althea, from Prison and To Lucasta, from Prison.
The infamous Black Beach Prison also known as Blay Beach prison (or Playa Negra prison) sits at the mouth of the Cónsul River, beside the black beach and behind the Governor's Palace and barracks.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are now 20 times more likely to be in prison in the ACT than non-indigenous people, representing 26 per cent of the AMC prison population.
A former Army doctor from Springfield, Virginia, who’s already serving a 10-year prison sentence for rape, is now facing up to life in prison for abducting and attempting to sexually assault his wife inside the couple’s home.
A former federal correctional officer was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct.
A former prison officer, who asked to be referred to as Douglas, said that the escape was the result of a wider issue of cuts in the prison service.
And Dr. Amite Dominick, president of Texas Prison Community Advocates, said the miserable prison conditions are causing inmates to faint and have seizures.
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Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions in Jaw prison, activists and authorities said.
Bronson – who changed his name to match his idol, the Hollywood star of the Death Wish movies – was first locked up for armed robbery in 1974, but during his time inside he has taken hostages in 10 prison sieges and attacked at least 20 prison officers.
But if you’re Alexei Navalny, they’ll put you in prison, give you a 19-year prison sentence for nothing.
During the congressional probe on illegal trafficking in the New Bilibid Prison, Duterte’s justice secretary Aguirre presented convicted drug lords, former prison officials, and police officers as prime witnesses against De Lima.
Each of the indecent assault charges attracts a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and seven years prison for the other charge.
Even though his family provided funds to pay for his treatment, they told Amnesty International that the prison pharmacist dismissed his pains and the prison guards delayed his hospital transfer.
Forty prisoners have been moved out of Wandsworth prison “out of an abundance of caution” following his escape and “additional resources” provided to the prison, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said.
Common combinations with prison
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in prison 77×
- the prison 69×
- prison in 27×
- prison and 23×
- prison for 21×
- from prison 13×
- of prison 13×
- prison on 11×
- state prison 10×
- prison sentence 10×