Example sentences for: jails

How can you use “jails” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Israel botched an assassination attempt on a Hamas leader . According to various reports, Israel 1) infuriated Jordan by infiltrating that country and staging the attack there; 2) infuriated Canada and other countries by forging Canadian passports for the Israeli agents; 3) bungled the attack, leading to the agents' arrest; 4) was forced to release the founder of Hamas (who was serving a life sentence) and other Hamas prisoners from Israeli jails and to supply an antidote for the lethal nerve toxin used in the attack, in order to assuage Jordan's anger; and 5) aroused such fury at Israel and sympathy for Hamas that Yasser Arafat reportedly will have to release the Hamas prisoners he has rounded up and reopen Hamas institutions.

  • After sentencing, a Y.P. will go to a Y.O.I. Young Offenders Institute, whilst his adult counterpart may go to a Dispersal , where longtermers are assessed before being sent to other jails.

  • The mutineers then invaded Delhi, Kanpur (Cawnpore), and Lucknow, looting treasuries, breaking open jails, and killing British men, women, and children.

  • This is followed up with statistics about the number of people in federal and state prisons and local jails (1.

  • Inmates are escaping from jails, and the president has lost control of the army.


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