Sentence examples for except for jail from inspiring English sources

It's on the streets, it's affecting the youth, and there's nowhere for them to go except for jail.

There are political processes in corporations whose primary function is economic, and such organizations have systems of sanctions against recalcitrant subjects that, except for jail, resemble the legal force of government.

Because public institutions (except for jails and the military) are starved for funds, there is no money to end persistent school and housing segregation.

All are now out of jail, except for Donnie Nunn, the former sheriff who initiated the scheme.

"Nobody should be in jail, except for the mayor," Mr. Barbour, 42, said.

"The rooms in the new towers are not reflective of the jail except for references in interior design.

By Saturday evening, Mr. Safdar said, the men had been released from jail except for Mr. Abbasi, who remained in custody to face charges under a separate case.

Except for his time in jail, he has lived in only one place, with his family in a fifth-floor walkup on Broadway near 138th Street.

Except for a night in jail, a sojourn in Maine, and, as critics like to point out, frequent trips home to visit his parents in Concord, he lived there for the next two years.

He spoke bitterly about the circumstances of his trial in Puerto Rico, but then described being treated fairly well while in jail, except for what he called a few indignities.

In 1787 all the gates in the city wall, except for Westgate – the city jail – were demolished as a result of a commission that found them impeding to new coach travel.