How to Use prison in a Sentence

prison

noun

• He was in prison at the time.
• The state plans to build two more prisons.
• She was sent to prison for robbery.
• He's scheduled to get out of prison next month.
• If caught, they're all going to prison.
• He was released from prison.
• Her marriage became a prison to her.
• But Patrick Nicholas did not serve the full 10 years in prison.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
• He was sentenced to 46 months in prison, the records show.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
• If found guilty, the woman could face 12 years in prison, the SBU said.
  — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• In the novel, Stagg has only been to prison and is not on the run.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• They were then given a choice: Spend the rest of their life in prison or join the IMF.
  — Time, 12 July 2023
• The day after his speech in court, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
  — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• The maximum sentence for the charge is one year in prison.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Jail in Dublin pending a transfer to the state prison system.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• Now Gutierrez-Reed has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
  — Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
• On the day Bailee was born, Jelly Roll was serving a prison sentence.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• The reckless homicide charge carries a penalty of up to 25 years in prison.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• Lee, the group's ringleader, was sentenced to four years in prison but only served one year and four months.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• The maximum penalty for mail fraud is 20 years in prison.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 26 July 2023
• Now the honoree, state Rep. Fred Pump, faces time in federal prison.
  — Joseph D. Bryant, al, 27 May 2023
• Otherwise, the felony charge carries 10 years in prison.
  — Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Each false statement charge is punishable by up to five years in prison.
  — Rachel Weiner, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
• Those who refuse will face up to two additional years in prison.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2023
• The count carries up to five years in prison, but the ultimate sentence will be decided by the judge.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
• If found guilty, Pita could face a penalty of as much as 10 years in prison and a ban from politics for 20 years.
  — Time, 16 June 2023
• Lesley tells Maugham about the trial (she was called as a witness for the defense) and her visits to Ethel in prison.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Many Huntsville residents work in the prison, and many of the town’s daily activities take place in plain view of its walls.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
• Farley said she was convicted of murder and spent 30 years in prison.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• He was sentenced to two years in prison, less than a third of the maximum possible sentence.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024