as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house
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As the deadliest year in the jails’ history ended, families were publicly describing their struggle to learn basic information from Bianco’s office about how their relatives had died.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025 -
The nonprofit has helped nearly 3,000 families keep connections between children and an incarcerated parent through visits at jails and prisons in Miami-Dade and across Florida, Shellie Solomon, president of Children of Inmates, said in an email.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
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Some interiors were staged in active Jordanian prisons, adding grit and realism to the final project.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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The chief psychiatrist works in California prisons or headquarters, overseeing mental health care for inmates.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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