Sentences with phrase «federal penitentiaries»

This Centre provides residential therapy for men and women referred from Aboriginal communities, and from prisons and federal penitentiaries.

He also worked for the Correctional Law Project, providing representation to inmates of federal penitentiaries at their internal tribunals, and also with a wills and estates litigator in Kingston to help prepare for two trials.

During law school, Jesse participated in the Correctional Law Project, a specialized legal aid clinic that provides counsel and representation to inmates in federal penitentiaries.

In January 2015, CCLA along with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) launched a challenge against the practice of solitary confinement of prisoners in Canada's federal penitentiaries, arguing that such practices can constitute torture, and cruel and unusual treatment, contrary to the Charter.

This page contains CCLA's key legal materials, previous work, key decisions, and press for our constitutional challenge of the solitary confinement regime in federal penitentiaries.

-- On September 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will be before the court challenging the solitary confinement regime in Canadian federal penitentiaries.

Whereas the old two - year mark meant only those sentenced to federal penitentiaries were denied an appeal to the immigration board, the new six - month cutoff captures some driving offences and even some summary offences.

The report came up with a number of recommendations to help correctional services address factors that would help mitigate the chronic over-representation of Aboriginal people in federal penitentiaries.

There are federal penitentiaries and federally - run immigration detention centres.

In this case, lawyers for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society of Canada were asking the Court to end administrative segregation in federal penitentiaries in Canada.

With the recent closure of high - profile federal penitentiaries in Kingston, Ontario and Laval, Quebec, it is questionable whether new so - called «super-jails» will be able to keep up with the influx of prisoners.

By August 1934, The Rock began receiving inmates from other Federal penitentiaries around the country.

Some state and federal penitentiaries have adopted the technology, but none has restricted face - to - face visits.

At the turn of the century, according to Suzanne Schlosberg, author of The Ultimate Workout Log, primitive stair machines were used for punishment in federal penitentiaries.

But since 2008, the 43 - year old founder of the pest control company Bugs Are Gone has been visiting both state and federal penitentiaries, mentoring people on how to become business owners.

Vick served time in a federal penitentiary for his role in unlawful dog fighting activities that were held at his home in Virginia.

Talk to your minister, Abby counsels a 14 - year - old deeply in love with a 50 - something married man serving serious time in a federal penitentiary....

He was duly convicted and after he had exhausted all his rights to appeal, he finally served a sentence in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary.

Oddities tended to attract an undue share of public attention: there was amusement over the King and Queen of England eating hot dogs while visiting President Roosevelt at Hyde Park; outrage when the President changed the date of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23; excitement when Al Capone was released from a federal penitentiary after serving more than seven years for income tax evasion.

But because she had recently violated a section of the law that forbids lobbyists from sending people on expensive junkets (something about paying a congressman to go on an «educational» tour of Indonesia regarding taxes on palm oil), she is called up for a Senate hearing led by Senator Ron M. Sperling (John Lithgow), who is in the pocket of the gun people and seeks to send her to a federal penitentiary.

Will Ferrell is about to be an inmate in a federal penitentiary and Kevin Hart is his prison survival coach in Warner Bros..

You'd have to do something really bad to get 30 years in a federal penitentiary and -LSB-...]

Vick remains indefinitely suspended, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has not said whether he will reinstate Vick after his July release from the federal penitentiary in Kansas where he is serving a 23 - month sentence for a dogfighting conspiracy.

About Alcatraz Beyond its legacy as a world - famous former federal penitentiary (1934 — 63) that once held notorious criminals like Al Capone, Alcatraz has undergone numerous incarnations that have contributed to its unique and deeply layered history.

San Francisco, CA — Chinese artist and rights advocate Ai Weiwei will create a new body of site - specific artwork on Alcatraz Island, the notorious former federal penitentiary in the center of San Francisco Bay, now a national park welcoming more than a million visitors annually.

About Alcatraz Beyond its legacy as a world - famous former federal penitentiary (1934 — 63) that once held notorious criminals like gangster Al Capone, Alcatraz has undergone numerous incarnations that have contributed to its unique and deeply layered history.

Alcatraz Island offers a close - up look at the site of the first lighthouse and US built fort on the West Coast, the infamous federal penitentiary long off - limits to the public, and the history making 18 month occupation by Indians of All Tribes.

The island is famous for being a federal penitentiary.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2007: During its 29 years as the toughest and most feared federal penitentiary in America, Alcatraz was «home» to many of the most notorious criminals and gangsters in U.S. history.

Alcatraz, the world - famous former Federal penitentiary and International visitor destination in the center of San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million-dollar restoration and renovation that has dramatically transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park.

The National Park Service marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Alcatraz federal penitentiary on Thursday with an exhibit of recently discovered photographs of the prison's final day on March 21, 1963.

Beyond its notoriety as a world - famous former federal penitentiary (1934 - 63) that once held criminals like AI Capone, Alcatraz has undergone numerous incarnations that have contributed to its unique and deeply layered history.

Installed across four locations on Alcatraz and on view from September 27, 2014, through April 26, 2015, the exhibition is inspired by the island's layered history as a 19th - century military fortress, notorious federal penitentiary, significant site of Native American history, and now one of America's most visited national parks.

Seven installations were spread throughout this federal penitentiary turned national park, and ranged from an audio experience in the former hospital ward to a carpet of Legos arranged into the faces of political prisoners.

Alcatraz Island, best known as the infamous federal penitentiary from 1934 - 63, unfolds a layered history as Native American land, a Civil War - era military fortress, and the site of the Native American occupation by the Indians of All Tribes from 1969 - 71.

Its strange name (its meaning still debated) is appropriate, given The Rock's unique history as a federal penitentiary, but as our guide noted, some of the island's truly unique artifacts are its gardens and the stories behind them.

Visit Alcatraz: Alcatraz Island offers a close - up look at the site of the first lighthouse and US built fort on the West Coast, the infamous federal penitentiary long off - limits to the public, and the 18 month occupation by Indians of All Tribes which saved the tribes.

Alcatraz, best known for the historic federal penitentiary and occupation by the Indians of All Tribes, also has a long tradition of welcoming artists to provoke thought about freedom and incarceration.

For this exhibition, internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei created a new body of work specifically for Alcatraz, responding to the island's layered legacy as a 19th - century military fortress, a notorious federal penitentiary, a site of Native American heritage and protest, and now one of America's most visited national parks.

Just in case, does anybody know if the federal penitentiary system gives inmates facilities other than basketball, weightlifting, and TV?

As new mandatory minimum legislation increasingly applies, these prisoners will be migrating to a Federal penitentiary system ill - equipped to handle the influx.

As noted in a recent case at the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the offender, a long - time drug addict, began his addiction to illicit drugs during his first term of imprisonment at a federal penitentiary.

Section 81 of the Act allows for agreements to transfer care and custody of an Aboriginal offender who would otherwise be held in a federal penitentiary to an Aboriginal community facility.

If an offender is sent to jail for two years or more, they will go to a federal penitentiary, such as the Kingston Penitentiary.

Sentences of two years or more will be served in a Federal penitentiary.

In a recent Federal Court ruling, the Honourable Mr. Justice Hughes, himself a member of the aforementioned subcommittee, refused a request from the defendant (Her Majesty the Queen) to strike a Statement of Claim, and instead granted the plaintiffs (5 self - represented prisoners in a federal penitentiary) a 6 - month stay to, among other things, «secure competent legal counsel».

Not exact matches

The only locations exempt from possible designation as a «public work», would be those clearly under federal jurisdiction, pursuant to s. 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867, (U.K.), 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3, such as penitentiaries, banks, beacons, buoys, lighthouses, and «such Classes of Subjects as are expressly excepted in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.»»