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In 2010, Lauderdale County officials and the center reached an agreement to reform the jail system and consider alternatives to sending youths to the detention center, said the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights group.
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He was also barred from practicing as a sports doctor for four years, but under the Spanish legal system his jail term will be suspended.
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The IRS must implement a system to aggressively pursue ghost preparers and jail those who intentionally flout the registration rules.
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President Hugo Chavez created the prisons ministry last year to push through reforms of the system after a major uprising at El Rodeo jail outside Caracas.
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Scotland on Sunday reports that a senior police officer has launched a stinging attack on the criminal justice system, claiming that the number of people in jail is a "national disgrace" and that policies on youth crime are not working.
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Kinyua was detained and released from jail on May 23, according to records posted online by the state judiciary system.
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This is a sad day for the justice system but it is refreshing to see the right person going to jail this time.
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Under a controversial points system used in mandatory federal sentencing guidelines, this loss translated into a jail term of between 292 and 365 months.
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These programs include the establishment of a treatment system for adolescents, early intervention and treatment programs in primary healthcare settings, jail diversion programs, re-entry services for those leaving state and county correctional facilities, and overdose prevention programs.
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Some pay-day lenders reportedly threaten to use the criminal justice system to prosecute delinquent borrowers for writing bad cheques, a crime that carries a jail sentence in many states.
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