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What it's like in a low-security federal prison | Learn English expression 'serve time'

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The Meaning of Serving Time

After Elizabeth Holmes's conviction, it was pretty clear she would have to serve time. Martha Stewart is perhaps the most famous business woman ever to serve time in a federal prison. If you say served time or served plus an amount of time, you're talking about prison unless you say otherwise. Prison is bad even where Elizabeth Holmes is going, but a maximum security prison is really bad.

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