How To Use Jail In A Sentence

She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars, and then the countenance of Spalatro at her door, before she had a clear remembrance of her situation — that she was a prisoner in a house on a lonely shore, and that this man was her jailor. The Italian
False statements on your tax form could land you in jail.
He spent three days in jail after smashing up an apartment, and has done time in a drug rehabilitation centre.
The company's president is already in jail on corruption charges. Times, Sunday Times
Fifteen would pay Moroni and save him and Charlie from jail, but fifteen would still leave him and Hank on the breadline. FINAL RESORT

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The work is done by prisoners at a unique computor workshop inside Gloucester jail, visited this afternoon by Princess Anne.
A 35-year-old Briton languishing in a Bangkok jail under sentence of death for a crime he says he did not commit is planning to protest his innocence by refusing to plead for a royal pardon.
A man who preyed on the elderly by burgling residential care homes in his own village faces a jail term.
(How far can he get without a license or credit cards .. or the help of close relations?) opened with testimony from the "jailbird" and his arresting officers Baltimore Crime
They are only preparing them for the preferential treatment awaiting them when they become hardened criminals in modern jails. The Sun
Her children had been fearful of being taken into care if their parents were jailed.
He was back in jail last night after his probation licence was revoked. The Sun
He said he was jailed in January for shoplifting offences and stayed off drugs when he was released.
She spent a year in jail.
Everything will work fine, but unfortunately your phone will be stuck in restore mode until you jailbreak it, which is what we're doing next.
His friends busted him out of jail.
Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
He was a perfervid nationalist who was jailed for his beliefs.
AN air steward who planted a bomb hoax note on a plane was jailed for 18 months yesterday. The Sun
Around 6,000 were jailed for their beliefs, some spending months in solitary confinement. The Sun
His criticism was over the failure to deport foreign citizens after they had served a jail sentence and the backlog of failed asylum cases. Times, Sunday Times
He was convicted and jailed for four years and three months for evading 8,000 excise duty at Maidstone crown court. The Sun
A man who attacked a prison officer while in a court dock has been jailed for three months.
The mother of a teenager killed during an argument about a dog has branded the British justice system a joke after his attacker was jailed for three years.
A former minister in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet, another lawmaker and a top former bureaucrat are in jail facing charges of corruption in a 2008 allotment of airwave to carry telephone signals. Coal India's Overseas Plans on Hold
Those who attack health care workers deserve nothing less than lengthy jail sentences.
A youth - accused of rape, housebreaking and theft - burst into tears yesterday when his mother asked the court to keep him in jail for his own safety.
After a second's wait -- snortingly impatient on Mr. Wilder's part; he was being pressed close by the none too clean citizens of Valedolmo -- the door was opened a very small crack by a frowsy jailoress. Jerry
BLYTHE - A parolee was back behind bars today in Blythe, held on suspicion of possessing and transporting methamphetamine for sales, sheriff's and jail officials said. Undefined
So I've decided that if I ever go to jail, I am definitely busting out!
As long as the clothes are clean and his teeth are brushed, he's kind to others and he stays out of jail - it'll be okay.
She's adamant that she'll begin an indefinite hunger strike once she reaches jail.
One of those was the Modesto Police Department Stanislaus County jail, prebooking probable cause declaration report. CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2003
He was sentenced to five years and six months jail, and he served three years and nine months.
You know, Raymond, very often, we hear about so-called jailhouse justice, where other inmates take on the role of Lady Justice -- for instance, in the double murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Simpson. CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2008
A poor black person would have been in jail already. steven genovese 'Crashers' investigation deepens
At my hearing, I was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in a maximum security jail.
A British woman who tried to arrange the contract killing of her husband was jailed for five years on Wednesday.
The book opens with Blanche White in jail for unsuccessfully kiting checks to buy groceries with.
The offence carries a maximum jail term of six months. The Sun
In March this year he was released from jail then vanished again. The Sun
Her mother is a drug addict and has been in and out of jail for over a decade, and Megan's insatiable craving for affection is both tragic and repellent.
I've been in and out of jail and round in circles for years - desperately wanting to get off drugs but finding no way to get off the merry-go-round of smack, stealing and the nick.
Well, you know, I'm a little confused by your characterization of this as though because a person has served a jail sentence that that somehow erases the fact that they committed a crime.
She called on the government to speed up the process of release for hundreds of political prisoners still in jail.
He was suspended from working for a year and avoided a jail term after his barrister pleaded that his career was in ruins. Times, Sunday Times
Some, however, doubt that a minimum five-year jail term will deter hardened criminals.
A drug user who admitted heroin dealing to fund his habit has been jailed for five years.
Is there a huge problem with renegade owners unlawfully springing their offending dogs from the doggy jail?
Following their conviction for tax crimes the lawyers have been given lengthy custodial sentences but pending the appeal process they are not in jail. Times, Sunday Times
The clauses also provide for jail terms for violations of labor rulings.
And they checked the list of names of Outram Road Jail inmates at an archive in Canberra. ARTHUR REX CRANE
The prosecutor in the case was recently disbar red and given a day in jail.
Jerry Brown last month signed into law a plan to move people convicted of crimes deemed "non-serious, nonviolent and nonsexual" to county jails with some of the costs paid by the state. Prison Ruling Rattles California Budget
A price is paid for all, yet few delivered; the redemption of all consummated, yet few of them redeemed; the judge satisfied, the jailer conquered, and yet the prisoner inthralled! The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
He received a twelve-month jail sentence.
The work is done by prisoners at a unique computor workshop inside Gloucester jail, visited this afternoon by Princess Anne.
Some fabulously original singer-songwriters rose to sudden popular prominence… and were arrested, jailed, and sent into exile with shaven heads.
Conservatives in the judiciary shut these publications, beginning in April, and jailed at least half a dozen editors and commentators.
For the crime of embezzlement of public funds, he and his wife were sentenced to 35 years in jail. Times, Sunday Times
The player spent a week in jail before being bailed two weeks ago. The Sun
However a theatre director who was once worked for the Wharf Theatre in Devizes, which is a member of Sir Ian's Little Theatre Guild, was jailed in 2008 for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
Brown's ethics problems have included a House investigation of her connection with a jailed African businessman.
How many householders will go to jail defending their homes now burglars have been given the green light? The Sun
THE Halfords boss jailed in his absence for drinkdriving in a golf buggy will serve the 14-day term. The Sun
Jail term or life imprisonment or community work cannot substitute as they are not equals.
How quick the jailed-up flavor ran free.
Fortunately for Daugherty, too, her trip to the Palo Pinto County Jail and ensuant booking as an inmate was also in the name of acting. Undefined
His criticism was over the failure to deport foreign citizens after they had served a jail sentence and the backlog of failed asylum cases. Times, Sunday Times
Firstly we had to register our visa with the police - if you are caught with an unregistered visa in Russia you can be put in jail.
Because you don't say 'Ain't nobody ever gonna find a body' when you're talking about a living child," said prosecutor Connie Spence, referring to a jailhouse informant's testimony about a statement Fountain allegedly made. Homepage CP Container
He was back in jail last night after his probation licence was revoked. The Sun
The anaesthetist and the trainee nurse were found guilty of involuntary wounding and given one-month suspended jail sentences. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps the jailoress would allow them to step inside away from the crowd and she would explain? Jerry Junior
A JAILED drugs kingpin maintained his illicit empire from inside a prison cell with a smuggled mobile phone. The Sun
In reality, she was a former drug addict who spent three years behind bars for smuggling drugs into jail. The Sun
In September of 1943 my marriage was solemnised with V.S., who had come out of jail just then.
In another case a man from Auxerre was jailed for keeping women captive in the basement of his home.
The system is used to monitor culprits in jail. Analyze and design its hardware and software subsystem, realize real-time monitoring and administration within some area.
Torres was ordered held without bond in the Guadalupe County Jail.
The offence carries a maximum jail term of six months. The Sun
A Polish computer programmer could face up to three years in jail for linking a Polish word for penis to the presidential Web site. September 17th, 2007
He had also set up working parties to re-examine the military cover at all the top-security jails. THE SCAR
Under EU rules they flout the law if they carry out the same practice as American dentists and could face six months in jail or a £5,000 fine.
Corporal Spencer will be held in jail until his court-martial in 90 days.
Illegal possession of firearms carries a jail term of five to 10 years.
Jamie Blandford broke his silence after two jail terms and an estranged marriage, to appear on breakfast television.
(One other woman in the program was barred from early release by her sentencing judge.) "Her behavior has been what we call excellent, excellent behavior," Wayne County Jail Chief Jeriel Heard said. Detnews.com - Nation-World
NEARLY 300 foreign lags have been kept in jail beyond their sentence to await deportation - costing taxpayers thousands of pounds. The Sun
The court had considered sending him to jail.
He was thrown in jail for a year, and on the date of his release sent a message to his supporters to gather at the same hall he had been in when arrested.
Without their intelligence, the enforcement people end up investigating small time drug offenders on tips from the police, or hanging out at the local jailhouse looking for aliens to deport.
From there, supposedly they will let you call your attorney and your attorney is supposedly able to get you out of jail into a hotel. Auto insurance and accidents
A riot began when drug traffickers tried to free their jailed confederates.
Chin spent the night locked in a jail cell with a condemned man.
Violence and jail receive strong censure. Christianity Today
A Yorkshire takeaway owner who helped obtain false passports for failed Turkish asylum-seekers so they could stay longer in Britain has been jailed for 18 months.
Three other men jailed for life for their part in the crime too have lodged appeals. Times, Sunday Times
A football hooligan jailed for attempting to murder a man was a danger to the public, according to a police officer who helped to snare him.
Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence.
If one of the prosecutors had just sent a Democratic Congressman to jail, would you be totally untempted by the White House explanation that the real cause was, say, a reluctance to prosecute abortion-clinic protesters under RICO? Politics, Lies, and 93 v. 8 - Swampland - TIME.com
If one of the world's most famous entertainers did not show up in one hour, he would be sent to jail, losing $3 million bail.
Buttonholed while crossing the court-house lawn, and backed into a corner between the county clerk's office and the jail, Shelby had to listen with what patience he might to her denunciation of what she called his vile concord with Belial. The Henchman
Three men have broken out of a top security jail.
He had to put up his truck against the bail bond, but there was just no way he was going to let them keep Blair in jail while he found the killer.
Out of the side streets opposite the jail they came by scores, drawn for the most part by idle and morbid curiosity.
Statistics show that if these young men and women go to jail, the majority will become habitual criminals. THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER
THE "bikeway rapist" who terrorised Brisbane for more than two years had his 25 years jail term slashed to 16 years after the Court of Appeal today found the sentencing judge failed to properly take into account all the mitigating circumstances. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Etah district jail superintendent Viresh Rai Sharma though confirmed that the provisions under the jail manual permit only two visits per week per detenue, the visitors had the option to seek special permission from the DM for extra meetings. The Times of India
Their plot was thwarted and the key members of the cell were jailed last month. Times, Sunday Times
Ministers say the new plans will deliver extra jail places faster than buying a prison ship. The Sun
Ministers say the new plans will deliver extra jail places faster than buying a prison ship. The Sun
Speaking on behalf of the teenager, who had been brought to court from jail having previously been remanded in custody, solicitor Tom Smith said she had been reconciled with her mother.
A MAN who 'glassed' his defacto wife at their Ballina home in January has been sentenced to three years in jail. Northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star
He was jailed for 40 months after admitting fraud and theft. The Sun
He was jailed for life for murdering 23-year-old Anna McGurk two weeks after being on bail charged with rape.
The internal emergency was imposed and many oppositon leaders, especially of the erstwhile Jana sangh,. the predecessor to the present Bharatiya Janata party were held in Bangalore. the jail, like the jails of old, provided room for the leaders to introspect and devise ways to end the hegemony of the congress party. Uncertainty Ahead in Karnataka Elections
All we do as a society is to appease our anger by putting people in jail. Times, Sunday Times
He explains that once he recovered from the injury, he was captured by Spaniards, thrown in jail and then sent to Constantinople to be the almoner to the French Ambassador.
They were gonna throw him in jail and he didn't have any money because he spent all the money working on the party games.
Seems the real dummies are the ones running the jails. The Sun
They faced years in jail if convicted but nine months later all charges were dropped without explanation.
She was given a suspended jail term and 200 hours' unpaid work. The Sun
If beastiality is illegal, do people go to jail for drawing pics of people with horses? Boing Boing: August 13, 2006 - August 19, 2006 Archives
According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities.
She admitted theft and got a suspended jail term. The Sun
Maybe Bachelor jiltee Melissa Rycroft brought the ratings momentum with her, or maybe America is as obsessed with jailbird Lil 'Kim's ballroom dancing as I am. Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
When two men spring their wives from prison, it goes so well they decide to make jail-breaking their business.
The railroad came to Hailey in 1883 bearing materials for a jail, courthouse, electric lights, waterworks, and telephones.
In the Quran he is not thrown into jail after being falsely accused of attempted rape as the Bible relates.
Knight, who is in Los Angeles County Jail on a probation violation, could not be reached for comment.
Such a system of extralegal detention, sometimes called black jails, "damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image, " the article said.
Both admitted tendering counterfeit notes and got nine months in jail. The Sun
How long has she been in jail?
Is this, in your judgment, purely coincidental that so many reporters suddenly are facing the prospect of jail?
Police people assured us to take the case seriously and book the pick pocketer for at least 6 months in Jail. Undefined
They are now in Lake County jail with bail set at $ 30, 000 each, and their weapons were confiscated.
But don't you dare to reproach me with one drop of blood or one writer in jail.
He ended up in jail because he was peculiarly stubborn, and quite possibly also stupid, but mostly because he was unlucky.
Two years past, he had managed to work a parole from the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville for a celebrity convict author, a man who had been in and out of reformatories and jails since he was sixteen. The Glass Rainbow
By the letter of the judges of the circuit court of the United States, held at Boston in June last, and the inclosed application of the underkeeper of the jail at that place, of which copies are herewith transmitted, Congress will perceive the necessity of making a suitable provision for the maintenance of prisoners committed to the jails of the several States under the authority of the United States. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 1: George Washington
After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
Boredom, cold water and unpalatable food are just some of the hardships facing Paul Cleasby, who has now been in Antalya jail for approaching three weeks.
Too many petty criminals end up in jail. Times, Sunday Times
He was jailed for three years last summer after admitting 13 indecency charges. The Sun
Labour and their cronies of do-gooders now believe that first and second time burglars should not be sent to jail.
Voters turned down bond measures for a new jail in 1994 and 1996.
Jail is in many ways worse anyway, with life inside being a living hell.
The cost of incarcerating a person in jail is $135 per day.
The unlicensed driver of a car in which two friends burnt to death after a crash has been jailed for ten years. Times, Sunday Times
Your older brother has been thrown in jail for his political beliefs. Times, Sunday Times
Gang leader Calton, 39, of no fixed address, was jailed for 25 years.
Not only should they, "lose everything, from the point of origan to the kill," as Clay said, but they should estimate the age of the animal and give you at least twice that in jail. PA To Crack Down On Poachers
Mladic attorney Milos Saljic visited him in his jail cell in the early afternoon and said the former general was crying and very emotional during what he called a farewell visit by his wife and sister. Mladic spending night in isolation at UN prison
His arrogant courtroom displays of bravado ended when he reached the high-security jail. The Sun
It will be interesting to see if their jail terms coincide with tourist season. Project CRACKDOWN « knitnut.net
Those who have publicly flouted the ban have faced jail. Times, Sunday Times
One prison guard was killed when a riot broke out in the jail.
He heard from his prison the bridge re-echo with the tread of horses, and would ask of his jailer respecting those who were arriving, whether they might be his judges, or those desirous of witnessing his punishment. Anne of Geierstein
So it's a diversion from jail and you've got that saving, and the main aim is to save those diffused costs which are borne by victims.
The police carted the protesters off to jail.
There were about 40 of them who had been jailed for counter-revolutionary charges.
Rape victims want and need to have their truth recognised and to see their attackers branded guilty; far better to achieve that at the expense of longer jail terms than watch so many rapists wriggling free with victims feeling disbelieved and twice damaged. Are SlutWalkers losing their way? | Victoria Coren
She said he was now clear of heroin and planned to resume his work when he was released from jail.
The accused's elder sister bailed her out of jail.
Protestors were executed, jailed or otherwise persecuted.
Where a person will go to jail trials must be properly resourced on both sides.
He avoided jail because it could not be proved that he intended to sell it. Times, Sunday Times
He should be the one that should go to jail for a very long time as far as I am concerned. cony Cheney: Investigating CIA interrogations a political move
He had been jailed twice with previous convictions for battery, deception and fraud. Times, Sunday Times
As the story goes, nationally televised images of well-dressed children marching into jail, and of protesters being blasted with hoses and attacked by German shepherds, at a time when the United States was engaged in a competition with Communism for the hearts and minds of dark-skinned people in the Third World, made segregation a contradiction that had to be eliminated. A Renegade History of the United States
This week it was the new USA crime show White Collar, otherwise known as Catch Me if You Can for 48 Hrs. The concept: Dogged FBI agent Peter Burke releases his prize arrest – supersuave supercriminal Neil Caffrey – from jail to help the Fed track down other criminals. Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'White Collar': Was it fun crime or punishment? | EW.com
Three inmates broke jail
It was also I who named the hard confectionary division `Jailhouse Rock Candies '. INSIDERS
A MEMBER of a burglary gang which snatched loot worth £1,500 from a York house has been jailed for 14 months.
Forgiving releases you from the punishment of a self-made prison where you are both the inmate and the jailer.
The couple were arrested at the airport while agents searched their bags fruitlessly to find spades for disinterring Monroe's corpse, and jailed for 12 hours before being flown home. Al Murray on the Twitter joke trial: 'Problem is, the law don't do funny'
GCHQ's cover was blown by Time Out in 1976, but it was only officially "avowed" in 1982 when Geoffrey Prime, a former linguist at GCHQ, was jailed for 38 years for passing secrets to the Russians over a 14-year period. Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence
Was it possibly when your ass was rotting in jail and I broke it out?
Women are more likely to end up in county jails because INSrun detention centers sometimes can not handle females.
In 1977, he pleaded guilty to one caper and was sentenced to jail.
When mom gets jailed indefinitely for drugs, the uncle and kid, forced to be roomies, adjust uneasily to each other's lifestyle, come to understand one another, and finally become inseparable.
A few scuffles with the law culminated in a year of jail time.
She swallowed a handful of paracetamol tablets last Wednesday three hours after arriving at her new jail and had to be rushed to hospital. The Sun
Prisoners targeted for 'retox' are inmates who came into jail as addicts. The Sun
Was it possibly when your ass was rotting in jail and I broke it out?
The jail has wheelchair ramps and handrails. Times, Sunday Times
After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
The man is clearly a mindless thug and should have been jailed for his appalling attack on others. The Sun
Jordanian jailed for killing sister over mobile calls AMMAN, Feb 22, 2010 (AFP) - A Jordanian on death row for the murder of his married sister who used her mobile too often in an apparent "honour killing" has had his term commuted to 10 years in jail, a judicial official said Monday. Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
He was jailed three times for repeatedly flouting a court order banning him from the estate.
If an official goes to jail he is out in a day while peaceful protesters are killed or locked up for years. Times, Sunday Times
He was jailed in 2012 for driving the getaway car in a bank raid. The Sun
I got to the point where Mary whatshername was trapped in a jail and I gave up.
His high-flying career slumped in the Nineties after drug problems and a year in jail. The Sun
Three people were jailed in the summer over a scam involving drugging sick and potentially dangerous horses and selling them. Times, Sunday Times
He was jailed for reciting a poem. Times, Sunday Times
A fraudster jailed after making a fortune from masterminding a timeshare swindle could be forced to pay £80 million to his victims.
Jack taking over as the "jailer" --- the show ends with this.... just a theory LOSTCasts 85: Ab Aeterno
Judges who do not send convicted drug dealers to jail are hugely underperforming.

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