Usage examples of "prison" in French with translation to English

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Ils furent mis en prison. They were put in prison.
Il a atterri en prison. He ended up in jail.
Il se trouve en prison. He's in prison.
Le père de Thomas est en prison. Tom's father is in jail.
Le Danemark est une prison. Denmark’s a prison.
Il a passé trois ans en prison. He spent three years in jail.
La police te mettra en prison. The police will put you in prison.
Dix prisonniers se sont évadés de prison. Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
Il a été envoyé en prison. He was put in prison.
Hier, j'ai passé la nuit en prison. Yesterday I spent the night in jail.
Tom passa trois ans en prison. Tom spent three years in prison.
Le père de Thomas se trouve en prison. Tom's father is in jail.
Il était en prison pour vol. He was in prison on a charge of robbery.
Garder un criminel en prison est très dispendieux. Maintaining a criminal in the jail is very expensive.
Il devrait être jeté en prison. He should be put in prison.
Dix détenus se sont échappés de la prison. Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
Le prisonnier s'échappa de prison. The prisoner escaped from prison.
Il fut envoyé en prison pour le cambriolage. He was sent to jail for the robbery.
L'école ressemble à une prison. The school looks like a prison.
Il a été condamné à trois ans de prison. He was sentenced to three years in jail.
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