Sentences with phrase «federal prison under»

Plaintiff - Appellant Richard Lee Pollard, a federal inmate, appeals the district court's order dismissing his Eighth Amendment claims against employees of a private corporation operating a federal prison under contract with the Bureau of Prisons.

She would serve eight years in federal prison under the plea bargain.

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Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions — who is currently under pressure to resign for failing to reveal his meetings with the Russian ambassador before President Donald Trump's inauguration — issued a memo reversing the Obama administration's decision to phase out its use of private prisons at the federal level.

In California, with the nation's largest prison system, a federal district court found in 2005 that the parole board «operated under a sub rosa policy that all murderers [typically serving life terms] be found unsuitable for parole.»

She was warden at a female correctional facility before being appointed to run an all - male prison in Marion, Ohio, that was in such poor condition that it had been under federal court monitoring for decades.

Assemblyman William Scarborough will face a prison sentence under two plea agreements he has reached with state and federal prosecutors.

The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.

Suffolk voters are smarter than the politicians, they are sick of cross-endorsements that gave us Spota under indictment, politics in law enforcement, Bellone's hand - picked Chief Burke in federal prison, and now they want to buy the DA's race,» Perini said.

He faced 24 to 30 months in prison under the suggested federal sentencing guidelines, which judges do not have to follow, but usually do.

He was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $ 280,000 in restitution, but the penalty was stayed pending a much - anticipated US Supreme Court decision involving the «honest services» section of the federal mail - fraud law under which he was tried.

Juveniles will no longer be housed at a Wisconsin youth prison that's been under federal investigation and the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging inmate abuse, Gov. Scott Walker announced on Thursday.

As Ivey will tell you, she had about three hours to prepare before taking over the governorship, coming into office at the height of a controversy that forced out her predecessor and inheriting a prison system under federal court order.

He said the maximum sentence if the government is successful is 20 years and prison and a $ 250,000 fine but under federal sentencing guidelines it would likely be substantially less than that.

Last week, two Assemblymembers were sentenced to prison for their ethics crimes and Governor Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» economic development program was reported to be under scrutiny by federal prosecutors.

He could face three years in prison, a $ 250,000 fine and other financial penalties under the law, but the agreement notes his cooperation and that federal authorities will convey that to the judge at sentencing — if cooperation continues.

Since assuming the title of commissioner, the former federal prosecutor has worked to repair relations with the FBI and other federal agencies — relationships that suffered under the regime of James Burke, the former police chief who is serving prison time for beating an inmate and trying to cover it up.

She faces up to two years in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines for the charge, conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Assemblyman William Scarborough will face a one - year prison sentence under two plea agreements he has reached with state and federal prosecutors.

Under a plea deal with federal prosecutors in Spokane, Wash., last week, Richard J. Novak may face 10 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines for his part in a conspiracy to commit fraud.

Under the 1884 Antideficiency Act, furloughed federal employees could face two years in prison just for using their office BlackBerrys or checking their work email from home.

A person defending against federal charges daring to use their «right» to trial, is assigned a more severe prison sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines if they do not win the trial.

At any one time, he says, there about 400 inmates in segregation in federal prisons in Canada, including youth (under the age of 21) and the mentally ill.

Yesterday, the Law Memo blog posted a link to a 9th Circuit decision, Pollard v. GEO Group, holding — contrary to what other courts of appeals have ruled — that federal prison inmates may recover damages under the Bivens doctrine from employees of private corporations running those prisons pursuant to contracts with the Bureau of Pprisons pursuant to contracts with the Bureau of PrisonsPrisons.

Since the last World AIDS Day, the federal and provincial justice ministers have had a year to study and discuss this issue as people living with HIV languish in prisons under a regime that has been criticized by experts at home and abroad.

A conviction under the state's version of the federal RICO statute, known as the New York Enterprise Corruption Law, can result in a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison, not to mention significant fines and asset forfeiture to make restitution.

In fact, a conviction under the New York Enterprise Corruption Law — the state's version of the federal RICO statute, can result in a state prison sentence of up to 25 years, significant fines, asset forfeiture, restitution and more.

Under § 505.2, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons determined that, based upon fiscal year 2011 data, the fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates in Fiscal Year 2011 was $ 28,893.40.

Federal prosecution attorneys seek, and often gain, mandatory maximum fines and penalties under the law upon conviction, including lengthy prison terms, harsh fines, life - long criminal registration, and more.»

Sheriffs, marshals, prison or jail wardens, police officers, Florida highway patrol officers, game wardens, revenue officers, forest officials, special officers appointed under the provisions of chapter 354, and other peace and law enforcement officers and their deputies and assistants and full - time paid peace officers of other states and of the Federal Government who are carrying out official duties while in this state;

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides a news update headlined «High court gives sentencing judges more power; The justices» decision allows for greater ease in setting lower prison terms under strict federal cocaine laws.»

On issues such as the content of the record on judicial review applications, the extent to which administrative decision - makers can participate in judicial reviews of their decisions, superior court review of federal prison decisions and tribunals» capacity to reconsider their decisions, Canadian courts have recently come under pressure to update the procedural law to bring it into line with the substantive law.

In his view, any ICO that involved US residents (as issuers or investors) and failed to register with the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN)-- a Treasury bureau tasked with preventing and investigating financial crimes — could be charged under 18 U.S.C § 1960, a federal felony criminal statute that carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

7 «California Prison Healthcare Costs Soar Under Federal Receiver,» Prison Legal News, October 2014 (https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2014/oct/10/california-prison-healthcare-costs-soar-under-federal-receiver/: accessed February 4, 2016), para. 8.