as in captives
one that has been taken and held in confinement
the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day
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In October, Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor said the brothers had been model prisoners and recommended that they be resentenced to 50 years to life in prison.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
For most of his incarceration, the other prisoners are forbidden from speaking to him.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
After calls for inquiry into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison, Zimbardo was named to the commission.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
By a coin toss, students were divided into prisoners and guards.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
The guards became mean and tyrannical, the prisoners sad, angry and withdrawn.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
One of the 11 prisoners executed in 2022 for drug offenses was Nazeri bin Lajim.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Singapore executed 11 prisoners by hanging in 2022, and five last year, according to the latest figures.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Cartoon characters and photos of waterfalls decorate classrooms where prisoners get lessons in anger management and job training.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
For most of his incarceration, the other prisoners are forbidden from speaking to him.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
After calls for inquiry into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison, Zimbardo was named to the commission.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
By a coin toss, students were divided into prisoners and guards.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
The guards became mean and tyrannical, the prisoners sad, angry and withdrawn.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
One of the 11 prisoners executed in 2022 for drug offenses was Nazeri bin Lajim.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Singapore executed 11 prisoners by hanging in 2022, and five last year, according to the latest figures.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Cartoon characters and photos of waterfalls decorate classrooms where prisoners get lessons in anger management and job training.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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