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And thousands were interned in forced labour camps. ▪ The French soldiers, who had surrendered without fighting, were interned in Hanoi. To put someone, especially someone from another country, in prison during a war, because they are thought to be dangerous : ▪ Anyone speaking out against the regime faced death or incarceration. ▪ There are too many people on death row who are innocent of the crimes for which they are incarcerated. ▪ Carter spent 19 years incarcerated in New Jersey on murder charges. To put someone in prison - used in newspapers, television etc and in formal contexts : ▪ It was a very sad case of false imprisonment. ▪ The maximum penalty is three years’ imprisonment. ▪ The priest had been imprisoned for preaching the gospel. ▪ Two of the boys have been imprisoned for theft. ▪ Thousands of civilians were arrested, imprisoned and killed To put someone in prison - use this especially when you think the punishment is wrong or unfair : ▪ Marco was arrested and jailed for accepting bribes from drug dealers. ▪ About 5000 people have been jailed for crimes of terrorism or treason since 1992. ▪ Many of the group’s leaders have now been jailed. To put someone in prison for a fixed period of time - used especially in newspaper reports :
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▪ When they called for free elections, the government threw them all in jail. ▪ The court’s decision suggests that it is OK to throw pregnant women in jail just because they are addicted. To put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone does not deserve to be in prison : ▷ throw somebody in jail /ˌθrəʊ somebody ɪn ˈdʒeɪl/ ▪ Locking up more criminals has helped to reduce the crime rate and produce safer streets. ▪ It costs $23,000 a year to lock up an adult. ▪ Rapists deserve to be locked up for the rest of their lives. To put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone deserves to be in prison : ▪ The judge sent him to jail for seven years. ▪ Eventually, her attacker was caught and put in prison. To officially order someone to be taken to prison and kept there : ▷ put somebody in prison/jail also send somebody to prison/jail /ˌpʊt somebody ɪn ˈprɪz ə n, ˈdʒeɪl, ˌsend somebody tə ˈprɪz ə n, ˈdʒeɪl/ ▪ Kevin, who had been abandoned by his mother, had been in and out of detention centres all his life. ▷ detention centre British /detention center American /dɪˈtenʃ ə n ˌsentəʳ/ Ī place where young people who have done something illegal are kept, because they are too young to go to prison : ▪ The prison cells have doors of heavy steel. ▪ Conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell. ▪ the abandoned federal penitentiary on Alcatraz IslandĪ small room in a prison or police station, where someone is kept as a punishment : ▪ The murderer served 10 years at the penitentiary in Stillwater.

▷ penitentiary /ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri, ˌpenəˈtenʃəri/ AmericanĪ large prison for people who are guilty of serious crimes : ▪ The riots ended with long jail terms for 338 mobsters. ▪ Grover got caught for not paying his taxes and went to jail. ▪ The strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing.

▪ 58% of prisoners are in jail for non-violent crimes. ▪ Alfassi was taken to a cell in the Los Angeles County jail. ▪ This old building is the jail that Butch Cassidy escaped from in 1887.
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▪ Clayton will be released on Tuesday after serving seven years, prison officials said.Ī prison, or similar smaller building where prisoners who are waiting for a trial are kept :

Prison officials/conditions/regulations etc ▪ When he was released from prison, Mandela was interviewed in Zambia. ▪ The prosecuting lawyers say that Price may face life in prison. ▪ Johnson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison. ▪ Conditions in the prison were shocking. ▷ prison /ˈprɪz ə n/ Ī large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime : the period of time that someone must spend in prison when someone is kept in a place they do not want to be inĩ. someone who is kept in a place when they do not want to be thereĨ. someone who is in prison as a punishment for a crimeħ. to force someone to stay in a place as a prisonerĦ. to put someone in prison as a punishmentģ. a place where people are kept as punishmentĢ.
