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Penitentiary
"Penitentiary" in a Sentence (15 examples)
Three long-term inmates of the state penitentiary have just escaped.
Tom escaped from a state penitentiary.
Tom was imprisoned for life at a state penitentiary.
Tom was sent to a state penitentiary.
Dan was given a ten-year sentence at a state penitentiary.
Tom Jackson, a US Marshal, escorted prisoners to a state penitentiary.
Sami will never see the light of day. He's serving a life sentence in a state penitentiary.
Daniel was imprisoned for thirty-five years in that penitentiary.
Rafael Castillo, vice president of the National Penitentiary Council, said the intent is to create an epidemiological containment ring within the prison facility.
Bruno was serving out his years in a state penitentiary.
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The Race of this Warre fell vpon the losse of Vrbin it selfe, which was the Dukes vndoubted Right; Yet in this case, no Penitentiary, (though hee had enioyned him neuer so strait Penance to expiate his first Offence,) would haue counselled him to haue giuen ouer the pursuit of his Right for Vrbin; Which after he prosperously re-obtained, […]
Topics which a priest may not treat , and which bishops declare are unfit for sacramental confession even in penitentiaries, become , with either public or private approval , the subject - matter of platform speeches
A penitentiary tax.
Penitentiary houses.
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