She also said the a big attraction of prison visitors were that they were "independent, had no axe to grind and were not part of the system".
It's not just the community inside the prison, it's the wider community that services such a big establishment as a prison.
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Prison guard unions are also big supporters of tough-on-crime policies, and opponents of policies that would lead to fewer criminals, fewer prisons, and fewer prison guard jobs.
If he is convicted and does time in prison, it would be a big deal.
Robert Moffat was educated at Union College and came up through the ranks to be a big-time executive at IBM before heading to prison for passing insider tips to a hedge fund manager.
The director of the Prison Reform Trust, Juliet Lyon, said it was "a big increase" but the reasons were unclear.
However, he said a prison with a capacity of 2, 000 prisoners would be too big for the area and that an institution with capacity for 650-750 inmates would be more appropriate.
East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell said the employment of more than 400 prison staff - as well as jobs in the construction industry - were big factors in wanting to keep a jail at Magilligan.
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Though his assault was big news in Rochester when it happened and again when his attacker was sentenced to 10 years in prison, McCabe sees the same poisonous behavior everywhere he goes.
Mr Alimi said the ministry of justice, which administers the prison, and the ministries of information and culture, higher education and communications were the other big defaulters.
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For big savings, a state would have to cut services to inmates, from drug treatment to counselling, whether the prison is public or private.
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