Sentences with phrase «as a prison for»

This island paradise has secrets it would keep; not just in the present, but in shadows from its gritty past, when it served as a prison for the Lincoln conspirators during and after the Civil War.

Noronha formed as a result of volcanic activity and initially the island was used as a prison for convicted Brazilians.

While it once served as a prison for the city, it now holds many of the Mayan artifacts that were found around the country in recent generations, as well as being home to a number of exhibits that documents the diverse cultures that call this small Caribbean country home.

Not exact matches

Corporations have reaped profits off the privatization of prisons and prison labor; some prisoners have gotten paid as little as 12 cents an hour, doing work for corporations, like Victoria's Secret and Walmart.

Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

I used those lessons and my prison experience as the launch pad for my current success.

But since the 1990s, as the U.S. prison population exploded, new, bigger prisons were built — and states looked for a way to repurpose older ones.

As Cat says, «the best way to keep these men from coming back to prison is to find a way for them to earn legal dollars.»

If ADX is known as the highest security prison for prisoners not sentenced to death, Terre Haute's death row is «the most maximum security of maximum security,» Dunham said.

Shahid had set up the summer camp for Malala and created programs in the prisons where she had worked as a teenager, but setting up the Malala Fund was a mission bigger than any other.

The penalty for the alleged crime: a prison term of as many as eight years.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.

Because the five surviving prisoners, who came to be known as the Angola 5, were already serving life in prison, prosecutors aimed for the death penalty.

On Wednesday, President Trump said on that the three were on course for a lengthy prison term, in a tweet where he addressed himself as «President Trump» and wondered if he would be thanked.

Manning was born male, and was known as Bradley Manning before changing her name to Chelsea and suing for sex reassignment surgery and hormone treatments while in prison.

Three hours have been set aside in the morning for Norway's most infamous inmate, who has previously decried his prison conditions as «torture» though they are considered more than comfortable by many.

«They are coming as refugees and there will be a place for them in Uruguay if they want to bring their families,» said Mujica, who spent 14 years in prison before and during his country's 1973 - 1985 dictatorship.

Martin Shkreli can be held responsible for $ 10.4 million in losses when he's sentenced for defrauding investors, meaning the man more commonly known as «Pharma Bro» could face more prison time than he initially expected.

Nassar, who is named as a co-defendant in the lawsuit, is serving decades in prison for molesting some of the sport's top athletes and others as well as child pornography crimes.

During a time when the American public is debating whether police departments are becoming too militarized, using advanced weapons training inside prisons may not provide the best optics for the public, and can antagonize inmates as well, Minor said.

As Vancouver Sun investigative reporter David Baines revealed in a series of articles, Eker has invited the likes of Milowe Brost, who is currently in prison awaiting trial over an alleged $ 400 - million Ponzi scheme in Alberta, convicted white - collar criminal Nick Thill, Michael Ruge, who was banned for life from dealing in securities by the BCSC, and Nick Lathigee, head of the failed Freedom Investment Club, to present at his «Millionaire School» events and received commissions for steering investors in their direction.

She gained national attention for undergoing gender conversion therapy — she identifies as a trans woman — while still in prison.

«As the president of the Korea Ski Association, [Lotte] Chairman Shin Dong - bin was always interested in the Winter Olympics,» the spokeswoman said, adding that Shin's recent prison sentence for bribery would not affect the company's support for the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Those who are today 20 or 30 are today planning how they will live afterward,» said the oligarch - turned - dissident, who spent a decade in prison seen as punishment for his political ambitions.

He repealed a memo that directed the department to phase out the use of private prisons, signaling he sees them as necessary for the future.

Private prisons have been debated for as long as they've existed.

The Dec. 20 sentencing of Charlie Shrem, one of the digital currency's most vocal cheerleaders as vice-chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and chief executive of an exchange called BitInstant, to two years in prison for illegal money transfers doesn't help.

American woman sentenced to life in prison for Valentine's Day shooting plot involving Halifax mall, CBC News Marijuana activists say lots left to fight for as they mark 4 - 20, Globe and Mail

A 49 - year - old Wilton man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Tuesday for using hedge - fund money for his own personal use as part of a $ 6 million - plus Ponzi scheme.

The increased prison terms for Canadian nationals including officers and directors of Canadian corporations, the elimination of territorial jurisdiction test by explicitly providing for a «nationality» test, the increased risk exposure to CFPOA penalties by adding a books and records provision, and the elimination of exceptions and defences such as those for facilitation payments and businesses not earning profits, all point towards continuing vigorous enforcement by the Canadian government of the CFPOA.

Bradley Birkenfeld was released from federal prison in August 2012 after serving 2 1/2 years for his role as a Swiss banker hiding millions of dollars for wealthy American clients.

Killing a cat or dog for human consumption could carry a year in prison and as much as a $ 2,500 fine in the U.S., if the House farm bill becomes law.

«One woman, who had been in and out of prison for about 29 years, found support through the app and told me that for the first time it seemed as if there were people who cared,» said Wasilewski.

Those are the words I spoke as a trial judge in 1997 when I sentenced Bobby Bostic to a total of 241 years in prison for his role in two armed robberies he committed when he was just 16 years old.

Geoff was finally transferred back to Changi Prison, bringing the opportunity for further conversations with Padre Noel Duckworth, as well as reading and prayer.

REVELATION CHAPTER SIX And he open the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar the souls of those who were slain for the word of GOD and for the testimony they held and they cried out with a loud voice, how long O LORD holy and true do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth and white robes were given unto them and it was said unto them that they should rest a little season until their fellow servant and their brethren should be slain as they were should be fulfilled.Under racial profiling many BLACK AMERICANS were arrested and were either martyred within the prison system or were deported to AFRICA, where many of them were martyred there and were buried in mass graves in both the SUDAN and in the CONGO.

It was a prison sentence for some, such as in the state of Virginia, before this.

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pedophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice) Clinton, Cardinal Law), jail for embellizing / money laundering (the topic rabbi) and the death penalty or life in prison for murder («Kings David and Henry VIII).

These people would have thrown you in prison as a heretic for saying the Earth is not the center of the universe and yet people of faith worship these ideals.

As I explored the farm with my host, Clint Hail of e3 Partners, another Dallas - based ministry, we fell into conversation with Kebe Cummings, a recovering addict, and Mark Carter, who had recently finished a long prison sentence for selling heroin.

Hope amidst suffering, hope when men know only defeat and despair, hope when death seems to smother out the shoots of life springing from the hearts of men, hope for our society, our world, our city, our schools, courts, prisons, legislatures, hope for our children, for our elderly, hope for all the millions of men and women over the face of this globe who simply want to live out their lives as free human beings not trampled down and stepped on by the overlords of this world.

Dwayne Carter, more popularly known as Lil» Wayne, finished serving 8 months in federal prison for charges of attempted weapons possession back in 2007....

Although country legend Johnny Cash's most famous album was recorded for a captive crowd at Folsom Prison in 1968, simultaneously signaling his pop culture comeback after years lost in addiction and the rise of the live album as a serious piece of art, Live from San Quentin is a stronger album.

It turns out that Jeffs, 55 and serving a life - plus -20-year prison sentence, is likely to be replaced as head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in the relative near term, even if he survives for decades to come.

Tim Lambesis from the band As I Lay Dying is serving a six - year prison sentence for plotting to murder his wife Meggan, a revelation that shocked the Christian metal community last year.

it as a former inmate of a Lutheran prison camp... I mean parochial school I can tell you they pay a dear price for it

As for Jeffs» long prison sentence, Brower said that many FLDS members will use it as an example of «martyrdom,» which could ensure that he at least remains a figurehead of the secAs for Jeffs» long prison sentence, Brower said that many FLDS members will use it as an example of «martyrdom,» which could ensure that he at least remains a figurehead of the secas an example of «martyrdom,» which could ensure that he at least remains a figurehead of the sect.

As Paul put it, writing from a Roman prison, «In him who strengthens me I am able for anything.»

«A man convicted of the offences that this particular offender had been convicted of should be serving a lot more than 10 years in prison... as a means of punishment [and] for the protection of women.»

CNN: «American Taliban» wins right to group prayer in prison The man known as the «American Taliban» won a legal fight that will allow him and fellow Muslim inmates to gather for daily prayers.