Example sentences for: prisons

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

  • In fact, the bill is a failure: The three-strikes law clogs the courts and fills prisons with older inmates unlikely to commit serious crimes again; cities will go broke paying for the "100,000 new cops" when federal seed money runs out; and the assault-weapons ban has too many loopholes.

  • Hun Sen's spin: They deserve "bouquets of flowers, not prisons and handcuffs."

  • But the deal promises a huge whack at "unprotected" domestic spending in 2001 and 2002--everything from courts, prisons, and parks to highways, housing, and the weather bureau.

  • But inmates are routinely beaten and suffer recidivism rates higher than those of juveniles in adult prisons.

  • Rhyming slang is a feature of colloquial Australian English, but it appears to have been especially intensive in the underworld and in prisons at this time.


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