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This is a list of longest prison sentences ever given to a single person, worldwide. Listed are instances where people have been
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to jail terms in excess of a human lifetime, but effectively the same purpose. Note that many national legislations worldwide do not allow for such sentences. Since the sentence given is not necessarily equivalent to time served, see the
list of longest prison sentences served This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases rarely coincide with the longest prison sentences given, because some countries have laws t ...
for those who have spent the longest continuous time in prison.


Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment


Prisoners sentenced to more than one life imprisonment


Prisoners sentenced to one life imprisonment with possibility of parole after a period that exceeds a natural human life


Prisoners not sentenced to life imprisonment

These sentences differ technically from sentences of
life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence (law), sentence of imprisonment under which the convicted individual is to remain incarcerated for the rest of their natural life (or until pardoned or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that result in life impr ...
in that the designated jail times have specific lengths, although in practical terms they effectively serve the same purpose.


Prisoners sentenced to 10,000 years or more in prison


Prisoners sentenced to between 1,000 and 9,999 years in prison


Prisoners sentenced to between 500 and 1000 years in prison


False and unverified claims


See also

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List of longest prison sentences served This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases rarely coincide with the longest prison sentences given, because some countries have laws t ...
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List of prisoners with whole life orders This is a list of prisoners who have received a whole life order, formerly called a whole life tariff, through some mechanism in jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. From the introduction of the whole life order system in 1983 until an appeal by a ...


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