Sentences with phrase «culture of violence»

The concluding section on six, «Institutional Complex,» is about an American culture of violence in the present.

The U.S. Justice Department in 2014 said Rikers, where most inmates are pre-trial detainees and innocent under the law, has a «deep - seated culture of violence.»

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said adolescents at the facility suffered a «systematic culture of violence» instituted by the guards who faced no discipline for the abuse they doled out.

The suit also blames Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the alleged culture of violence at Clinton Correctional after the escape.

Haigh, Arnold and McDonagh have all benefited richly from the change of scenery — not to mention Lynne Ramsay, whose US - set films We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here both offer sharp, trauma - shaken meditations on uniquely American cultures of violence and domestic dysfunction.

«Considering the decades - long culture of violence on Rikers, some of it perpetuated by staff, it's appalling that Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Ponte would invest in tools that have been shown to cause death,» Glenn Martin, of the advocacy group JustLeadershipUSA, told the New York Daily News in July.

Padilla's achievements come in spite of Colombia's pervasive culture of violence and powerful economic interests who do not want recyclers to cut into their profits from landfill contracts.

They were caught up in a barbaric culture of violence and in an absolutist theory of political power, both handed down from the ancient world.

The prophetic visions and dreams of seers were precisely a cultural struggle against «genocide» by the imperial culture of violence and death.

At 9:30 a.m., public school parents, organized by Families for Excellent Schools, will demand that the NYC Department of Education «release the names of abusive teachers at city public schools and address a systemic culture of violence that puts children in danger,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The narrative almost dissolves in abstractions and digressions before the startling conclusion, but it remains a compellingly warped look at the uniquely Japanese culture of violence.

The Jesse Lewis Choose Love MovementTM collaborates with professional educators to bring lasting meaning to Jesse's murder by developing school - based educational programs to change our current culture of violence to one of safety, peace and love for everyone in our world.

It is also a direct reflection of America's gun - obsessed culture of violence.

Conceived by artist Marilyn Minter and curator and art historian Andrianna Campbell, Anger Management features artist - designed, resistance - themed T - shirts and other merchandise that respond to a growing culture of violence, repression, and fear in the United States.

The combination of a history and culture of violence in the DRC, together with an election process featuring an alarming lack of candidates running on platforms of any real political substance, seems to have resulted in an election atmosphere characterized by tactics of coercion, intimidation, and fear.

The U.S. Justice Department has said the island jail suffers from a «deep - seated culture of violence.»

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara released a report in August that said adolescent inmates at Rikers Island jail face a «systematic culture of violence» where corrections officers are allowed to beat them without fear of repercussion.

«This comprehensive framework requires the city to implement sweeping operational changes to fix a broken system and dismantle a decades - long culture of violence,» Bharara said in a statement.

Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, 2013 Goldman Prize recipient Nohra Padilla organized Colombia's marginalized waste pickers to make recycling a legitimate part of waste... Read More

In a gallery about the American culture of violence, four of Robert Beck's «Thirteen Shooters,» teenagers convicted in school killings, and, foreground, Mike Kelley's «Educational Complex.»

Rikers, which houses around 9,800 prisoners daily, has come under recent scrutiny for a culture of violence that included officer attacks on prisoners and several inmate deaths.

It was one of many allegations meant to convince jurors that Ackal's leadership fostered a culture of violence and lawlessness within the sheriff's office.

Along with the possibility of raising the age for purchasing a gun, the commission will study the effects of factors such as violent video games that contribute to what DeVos called a «culture of violence» in U.S. schools.

Activist Chelsea Cardinal, who spoke at Take Back the Night and performed traditional music with other female leaders of aboriginal communities, said the culture of violence must be changed.

But I am against the culture of paranoia, anger, hate, and just that culture of violence that often surrounds guns, especially assault weapons and handguns.

As a Christian, I have felt lead to a path of peace - making but I don't know how that looks all the time, how best to live a consistent pro-life ethic of peace and love in a culture of violence, power, and war.

Recognizing the culture of violence in which they live, over half (53 percent) of teens say «violence on TV and in movies sends the wrong message to young people.»

But my pacifism is uneasy because I don't know how it looks all the time, how best to live an ethic of life, peace and love in a culture of violence and war.

The first issue that must be seriously addressed in a discussion of firearms in America is the «culture of violence» that seems to be a part of much of the American consciousness.

While the historical factors that have led to this «culture of violence» are too extensive and detailed to discuss here, in short, the combined factors of the nation's Revolutionary War origins, an extended frontier period, where violence and vigilantism were validated, as well as several other major social and historical factors, have contributed to an American ethos which, still to this day, legitimates violence on some level as a means to achieve one's goals.

The first step is rejecting the culture of violence and fear, which so many of us have bought into, myself included.

The thing that disturbs me about such laws is that they not only prop up the «culture of violence» and its legitimacy, it's that they also promote a «culture of fear.»

So let's address the «culture of violence.»

This is a cultural struggle against the culture of violence and death of the Roman Empire.

New gun laws won't prevent every future crime, but perhaps a few common - sense regulations would help destroy a culture of violence that so tempts young troubled men.

The so - called «balanced approach» (a new code word that means the exact opposite from what it would seem) sought by the president is most likely going to be all about restricting guns and nothing but study on reigning in Hollywood for the culture of violence.

It's easy to say there's nothing we can do to stop this culture of violence, but that's actually not true.

Rikers Island, one of the largest U.S. jails, which can house up to 15,000 inmates, has gained notoriety over the past year for a culture of violence, including attacks by correction officers on prisoners and the deaths of multiple inmates in custody.

Before closing Rikers Island, the city must fix the culture of violence within the jail complex, according to JoAnne Page, president and CEO of the Fortune Society.

Rikers has gained notoriety over the past few years for its culture of violence and corruption, including attacks on and by correction officers and a number of inmate deaths.

Without solving the problems that create a culture of violence and corruption within Rikers, Page said she fears the issues will simply be transplanted into the new system of smaller, community - based jails outlined by Mayor Bill de Blasio in March.

The underlying factor for the rampant orgies of bloodletting in the north of Nigeria boils down to a culture of violence made worse by mass illiteracy.I remember while growing up that all Hausa - Fulani males had daggers and talisman charms on them and would not hesitate to stab at the slightest provocation.

The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, released its findings in a graphic 79 - page report that described a «deep - seated culture of violence» against youthful inmates at the jail complex, perpetrated by guards who operated with little fear of punishment.

It hasn't reduced substance abuse, but rather has created a culture of violence fueled by profits from the drug trade, similar to the crime wave that accompanied the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's.

Earlier this month, the Obama administration took a major step against an industry that has long been criticized for its culture of violence, secrecy, and the devaluation of human life: private

The suit was originally filed by the Legal Aid Society, and was eventually joined by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who wrote in a scathing report that there was a «culture of violence» against inmates in the city jails.

Following the settlement of a federal lawsuit that alleged a culture of violence among correction officers on Rikers Island, the Department of Correction will unveil a new use of force policy to its employees tomorrow, prohibiting certain maneuvers and encouraging officers to avoid force when possible.