Today we have 2.3 million prisoners in the U.S., with a new jail or prison opening every week.
The better educated someone is, the less likely they are to use other public options like healthcare or prison beds.
We are careful not to glamorize crime or prison in our products.
Thames Valley Probation was the first in the country to offer restorative justice to the courts in 2009, as part of a community or prison sentence.
When we critique the actions of police or the positions the public safety unions take, we are not doing so in order to demonize cops or prison guards.
People regardless of where they came from, be it Republican, Loyalist or members of the RUC or prison warders whoever else, were born into a society that was in a conflict.
If a crime was committed, after much contemplation and discussion with sponsors, friends and family, some members consider confession to the authorities and may serve jail or prison time as a result.
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On Friday, the judge in the trial ordered Ramirez to turn over the status messages within 10 days or face contempt of court charges, which could include fees or prison time, reports the Sacramento Bee.
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As a largely devout Muslim nation, Turkey never ceased to produce charismatic religious leaders, but they had to adapt to the realities of a secular republic or else face prison or exile.
The move would cover issues such as the category of prison or which section of a prison an inmate was being held in and levels of visits and correspondence.
In 1551 the Scottish Parliament banned "sweiring, execrationnis and blasphematioun of the name of God", punishable by a shilling fine or a spell in either prison or the stocks for those who could not pay.
Lorena Henao had spent several years under house arrest or in prison, but was released in 2011.
This too has singularly failed to reduce crime or the prison population substantially.
Specialist camps abound: for robotics fans, diabetes-sufferers, children whose parents are in the army or in prison, and so on.
Whether or not prison works as a crime-fighting tool, how much further down the road of ever more frequent imprisonment can America go?
This is not simply because sophisticated sniffing machines are less sensitive than dogs' noses or because prison teaches young addicts new crimes to feed their habits.
Since the 1970s voters have tended to like initiatives that promise better schools, new hospitals or tougher prison terms, but they are oblivious to the costs involved.
Just as not every hospital patient is cured or every prison inmate rehabilitated, not every sick company that enters Chapter 11 emerges with all its problems solved.
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The confusion stemmed from whether he had been ordered to serve a consecutive or simultaneous prison sentence for assaulting a prison officer while incarcerated for an earlier crime.
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These guys are traders and the same risk taking they used to make millions (billions) will either set them free, minimize their prison time or send them to prison for decades.
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Finally, when the appeals were done and the convictions upheld, the defendants began filing habeas corpus petitions - a practice that continues to this day - claiming that this or that constitutional right was infringed, or that this or that prison condition was inhumane.
Mr. Morsi spoke in an ornate palace that Mr. Mubarak inaugurated three decades ago, a world away from the Nile Delta farm where the new president grew up, or the prison cells where he had been confined by Mr. Mubarak for his role in the Brotherhood.
Mr Kasonkomona could face one month in prison or a fine if he is found guilty.
If convicted of treason, Musharraf could face the death penalty or life in prison.
That is trying to control behavior, whether it is inside the prison or on post-release.
Yet there is little public will to fund drug treatment for those in prison or jail.
Holmes could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted.
When sentenced he was given the choice of three months in prison or paying the fine.
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Blacks comprise 12% of the American population, but represent nearly half of those in prison or jail.
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