Sentences with phrase «calls by prisoners»

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard evidence this morning of the widespread interception of calls by prisoners to their MPs.

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Because of the lasting toll it takes on prisoners, President Barack Obama has called on state correction centers to reduce punishment by isolation and banned solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons.

Part of his time was spent with other prisoners quarrying a large cutting for the railway, which would earn the macabre name «Hellfire Pass», so called because the sight of emaciated prisoners working by torchlight resembled a scene from hell.

Instead of diving into an explanation of problems — such as North Korea's religious prisoners, Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, and the instability caused by Islamic extremism in the Middle East — Tillerson called out only ISIS.

Like so many prisoners before him, Sharansky discovered personally what Jefferson meant by calling human rights «unalienable.»

Paul's parenthesis has so far explained why he is a prisoner, what the plan of the mystery revealed to him was, and how he individually was called by God to preach to the world about this mystery, Jews and Gentiles.

The victim of the bandits on the Jerusalem - Jericho road, the widow mistreated by an unjust judge, the unfortunates on whom publicans like Zacchaeus practised extortion, the destitute at a rich man's door, prisoners unvisited and hungry folk unfed — always it was wronged individuals who called out from Jesus a social message.3

Isa 42:5 Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it, Isa 42:6 «I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations, Isa 42:7 To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

The reform instantly triggered an avalanche of requests for help from prisoners facing legal cases, with calls to the Howard League's advice line increasing by 45 %.

The event, called Candles for Clemency, was attended by various social justice activists and family and friends of prisoners.

Assembly Members say Legislature should do its part by passing «Prisoner Privileges Limitation Law»; call for independent investigation of prison break

Clearly he got what prisoners might call «a touch» because that sentence is very lenient and well below the usual guideline used by judges in cases involving illegal firearms.

The survey of 1200 people, conducted by independent researchers Mass1 for Unite, exposes deep unease over plans to spend millions of pounds on privatising core police services, including 999 call handling, prisoner transportation, crime investigation and forensics with:

The five - year, $ 62 million agreement is expected to reduce the number of inmates in solitary confinement by at least a quarter and usher in a range of reforms, including limiting the time served to three months in most cases and providing the prisoners with certain privileges, like monthly phone calls and group recreation.

Criminal justice advocates have called for shutting down Rikers Island because of the conditions there, including the level of violence between inmates, documented abuse of prisoners by the guards and substandard facilities and healthcare that has lead to multiple deaths.

The so - called «human challenge model» has a long and checkered past that began with 18th century experiments by smallpox vaccine developer Edward Jenner and later fell under intense scrutiny when they were conducted by Nazi doctors, military researchers, and academic scientists working with prisoners.

Now, this inhuman prisoner is being abused with an electrified cattle prod by an agent named Strickland (Michael Shannon, making the pain inside his glare speak volumes), who calls the prod his «Alabama how - dee - doo» and sees the monster as a freakish affront to God.

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(Calif.) Programs aimed at keeping kids in school and out of the so - called «prison pipeline» would receive a big boost under a bill being carried by the chair of the Senate Education Committee that lays groundwork for the use of millions of dollars in prisoner - release savings.

He was inspired by graffiti and the so - called «outsider» art of psychiatric patients, prisoners and children, work that was at odds with the academic, classical notions of beauty in art.

As the death penalty disappears, it has been replaced by life without parole, a punishment that California prisoner Kenneth Hartman once called «death by another name.»

There were three interwoven strands to the problem: identifying which incidents of non-fatal self - harm by prisoners might call for independent investigation; working out the best procedure for decisionmaking about setting up an independent investigation; and determining the form of any independent investigation which was necessary.

The year before, in Sierra Leone, a squad from the Royal Irish Regiment was taken prisoner by a group consisting mostly of armed children called the West Side Boys, as the British soldiers were hesitant to open fire.

• Act as point of contact for community members looking to lodge complaints • Take people's complaints and provide them with a timeline within which investigation will begin • Investigate cases of murder, kidnapping, robbery and burglaries • Patrol assigned areas to detect possible criminal activities and interrogate suspicious persons • Investigate incidents for law violations, both criminal and civil • Apprehend and arrest offenders and law violators • Prepare evidence and ensure that it is preserved until the time it is due to be presented in court • Respond to calls to deal with emergency situations such as accidents and burglaries • Enforce traffic laws by issuing citations and observing violations • Transport prisoners to court or prison facilities • Maintain patrol cars and ensure that weapons and arms inventory is properly handled

When called by the Corrections Officer to board the transport to the clinic (prisoners don't receive prior notice of offsite medical visits, in case they organise to escape), he failed to respond.