the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
Recent Examples on the WebSome lockups facing similar fire problems elsewhere have tried to tackle the issue by getting money for smoke detectors and more robust fire alarm systems.—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 But Trump could be ordered held in the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, where Jeffrey Epstein died, or a federal lockup in Brooklyn.—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for lockup
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: the tactic of arranging with a friendly party an option to buy a valuable portion of one's corporate assets in order to discourage a takeover by another party
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