Sentences with phrase «commission on correction»

The jail complex on Rikers Island has failed to comply with minimum safety standards and has become so dangerous, according to the state Commission on Correction, that it can no longer be permitted to accept inmate transfers from outside New York City.

«Given the city's inaction and protracted 10 - year proposal, it is now time for the commission to examine steps to expeditiously close Rikers and to ensure that the constitutional rights of inmates and staff are protected,» a 70 - page report from the Commission on Correction said.

Not exact matches

Correction: An earlier version of this article said the International Trade Commission made its recommendations on tariffs in December.

If, following an inquiry under section 89D, the Electoral Commission receives notice under section 89D (5)(c) of any change or correction to an elector's particulars, other than a change of place of residence referred to in subsection (1), the Electoral Commission must amend the elector's particulars on the roll in accordance with that notification.

Cuomo's scathing Commission of Correction report says Rikers has become even more dangerous over the past year — despite de Blasio's promises to improve things — with spikes in gang assaults, attacks on staff and contraband being smuggled into the facility.

The Commission of Correction, which polices New York's local jails, «will monitor compliance through on - site assessments and other means,» spokeswoman Janine Kava said.

The Commission of Correction has come down on Howard and his jail team in past years, especially after the U.S. Justice Department in 2009 sued Erie County to force the sheriff to improve conditions in the facilities he oversees.

Thus the Commission has said it is of the view that «falsified signatures on nomination forms constitute a matter for criminal investigation and are not mere anomalies or clerical errors, which should be pointed out to candidates for corrections to be effected.»

It's a truly shocking charge, and while there's no telling where the story will go, two things seem clear: On this one, de Blasio seems more negligent than befuddled, and Cuomo's Commission of Correction likely will be heard from again.

The call for action follows what the state Commission of Correction found last year to be a pattern of neglectful inmate care on the part of Armor.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to Gail Prudenti as the state's chief administrative judge, and as the only sitting judge on the commission's list of candidates.

Correction: K2 Intelligence, not Gebauer, worked on the Madoff case and Moreland Commission.

Correction: The National Commission on Energy Policy is calling for passage of climate legislation during the 111th Congress.

The Model Penal Code: Sentencing project provides guidance on some of the most important issues that courts, corrections systems, and policymakers are facing today, including the general purposes of the sentencing system; rules governing sentence severity — including sentences of incarceration, community supervision, and economic penalties; the elimination of mandatory minimum penalties; mechanisms for combating racial and ethnic disparities in punishment; instruments of prison population control; victims» rights in the sentencing process; the sentencing of juvenile offenders in adult courts; the creation of judicial powers to review many collateral consequences of conviction; and many issues having to do with judicial sentencing discretion, sentencing commissions, sentencing guidelines, and appellate sentence review.

(1) It specified that as far as the correction mechanisms towards the medium term objective through national provisions were concerned (Art. 3 (2) TSCG), the European Commission could only outline the objectives and the time frame, but not make any suggestions on the substance of national budgets.

Following every inspection, the Commission meets with the broker or managing associate broker of the brokerage to offer advice on correction and to answer any questions they may have on their trust account and record - keeping responsibilities as outlined in the Act, Bylaw and Commission Policies.

The Commission's approach to inspections factors heavily on education and correction.