Sentences with phrase «detention for»

It is a matter of great concern that the scope of the mandatory sentencing provisions in Western Australia has recently been expanded to apply to an assault on a «public officer», with a minimum prison term of six months for an adult and up to 3 months detention for a juvenile 16 years and over.

Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka or Afghanistan who arrive by boat on or after 9 April 2010 will be subjected to mandatory immigration detention for the duration of the suspension.

Although overall there has been a decline in rates of detention for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous juveniles, the ratio of over-representation continues in a stable trend.

[143] Adults who assault and cause bodily harm to police officers, ambulance officers, transit guards, court security officers or prison officers face a minimum of six months» imprisonment, while juveniles aged between 16 - 18 will now go to detention for no more than three months.

Years ago, these kids would have been «playing hookey» from school, without their parents» knowledge, and received detention for this misconduct.

A judge in Michigan sent three children to juvenile detention for refusing to have lunch with their father (if you haven't had a chance to read the story, click here).

Key factors identified by the Royal Commission in this regard were the often petty nature of much contact with the police and the way that this contact escalated into more serious offending and contact — with particular concern expressed at the «crucial importance which detention for public drunkenness occupies in Aboriginal custodial over-representation», [8] as well as other forms of public order regulation.

Her current research projects funded by the Australian Research Council and other funding bodies are investigating ways of regulating the use of seclusion and restraint in health care settings in different countries; what supported decision - making means for individuals with severe mental health issues and finding alternatives to preventive detention for accused persons considered unfit to stand trial.

At times, the president of Liberland has been arrested and held in detention for several days due to his supposedly entering his own country illegally.

A local court has issued warrants for detention for up to 48 hours, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors» Office confirmed.

This was signed into law just last year — in June, 2013 — and while it is unclear how the law will be enforced it does allow for fines and administrative detention for up to 14 days.

As we have seen, an accused may be held in pretrial detention for years, only to be acquitted or have proceedings stayed.

Anthony Navaneelan, a counsel in the Refugee Law Office at Legal Aid Ontario, told attendees at a detention panel at the Canadian Bar Association's Immigration Law Conference in June that he believed that two years maximum would be an appropriate period of detention for immigrants.

Germany has preventative detention for sex offenders and probably other countries too.

He was held in detention for almost a year before being acquitted on November 4, 2011.

The legislation raises a plethora of issues and significantly alters the security landscape: It gives the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) powers beyond intelligence gathering (to actively target threats and derail plots); creates new offences (criminalizing «terrorist propaganda» and the «promotion of terror»); lowers the legal threshold to trigger detention to those who may carry out an offence from the existing standard of will carry out to may carry out; extends preventive detention for «suspected» terrorists from three days to seven days (inconsistent with the constitutional presumption of innocence); legally entrenches a no fly list; and grants government agencies explicit authority to share private information with domestic and foreign entities.

Yu Wensheng stands accused of «inciting subversion of state power» and has been placed under «residential surveillance in a designated location», a de facto incommunicado detention for charges of «endangering national security».

Earlier this year a 14 - year - old girl was sentenced to 18 months detention for falsely accusing her brother and his friend of indecently assaulting her when she was nine.

Some detainees have remained in detention for years: Petra Molnar, Immigration Detention.

All «designated» claimants over the age of 16 face automatic and mandatory detention for a minimum of two weeks.

Thus, it held that art 5 (1)(c) is capable of applying to a case of detention for preventive purposes followed by early release.

In the UK, Parliament has legislated to enable judges to impose whole life sentences without the possibility of release, which for would be appropriate where punishment and retribution required detention for life in the literal sense.

Some legal options are, however, particularly bad, such as putting the children into indefinite juvenile detention for contempt of court, leading a lawyer to file a habeas petition on their behalf:

«Indigent clients... remain in pretrial detention for up to five or six months without a single contact from an attorney.»

Immigrants in Canada can be held in indefinite detention for many years, and a group of dedicated advocates is pushing to change that.

As a result, Mr. Mahdi stayed in detention for the initial six - month period (Article 15 (5) Returns Directive).

«(1) Extradition shall be granted for conduct which constitutes an offense punishable by the laws of both Contracting Parties by imprisonment or other form of detention for a term exceeding one year or any greater punishment.

«Presently, a decision to detain an immigrant can result in their detention for sixth months, a year, or even longer.

Misabiko has remained in detention for over three weeks in relation to the recent publication of a report, despite repeated calls for his release by Congolese and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Achenbach, who has been in pre-trial detention for the last six months, previously denied the accusations against him.

I've been trying to write fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in earnest since I was eleven, and trying to write novels since I was a fifteen - year - old serving countless hours in after - school detention for my near - daily ditching of Algebra.

They'd received a lunch detention for arguing with a teacher.

A detention for drawing on a desk.

They must eat lunch away from the rest of the team and are keep in detention for an extra hour after school.

In the adult criminal justice system, she faced possible detention for her inability to pay fines and fees.

They include successfully changing policy to enforce the implementation of five Ethnic Studies classes, the addition of three more guidance counselors, and the elimination of a policy that required students to go to detention for being late during their class time.

Some eighth graders even tried to get lunch detention to avoid Mix It Up Day, but lunch detention for that day was postponed, Russell said.

A typical No Excuses approach might involve giving demerits or detention for missed assignments or turning in work that's not «neat and complete.»

All three actors along with Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy) play in - game avatars for four high school kids who are serving detention for a variety of reasons.

The rest are just archetypes — a fellow loser who likes Riley, a nerdy kid named after a computer manufacturer, and a guy in a hooded sweatshirt who's been in detention for almost two decades.

For instance: one of the characters reveals he ended up in detention for bringing a gun to school.

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong.

As more and more beautiful woman are trying to find a millionaire in detention for dating and marriage, the rich guys are always in demanding.

The two detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al - Dhuby, who were in detention for 14 years after being linked with terrorist group Al - Qaeda, were brought to Ghana in 2016, for a period of two years, which expired on January 6, 2018.

«Ninety days (pre-charge detention for terror suspects) had not been asked for by the intelligence services.

The statement read, «Today, God gave Ekiti State and its people another victory over the EFCC and its APC collaborators as the State Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo and Accountant General, Mrs. Yemisi Owolabi were released after spending 14 days in EFCC detention for doing nothing.

We now have official confirmation that people are being kept in detention for over a year, that there were deportation targets and that some people were wrongly deported.

The lawyer, who noted his role in the enthronement of democratic rule in Nigeria, including his malicious prosecution and detention for over six months by the military junta, claimed that Buhari had upon taking office reorganised the EFCC to hound the opposition.

Mandela Jetniel, who was released from detention on March 29 after being in detention for 65 days, is one of the six victims.

Abbott said: «People are being kept in detention for months, even years on end.