Sentences with phrase «fewer people in jail»

The «prison diversion bill» would save the state $ 131 million in avoided costs and put 1,001 fewer people in jail, said Sen. Daryl Rouson, D - St.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke claims prisons are not working and that he will reform criminal justice policy leading to 3,000 fewer people in jail by 2014.

Not exact matches

However, when I think of people in parts of Africa, South America, and Asia where laws may prohibit open Christianity, and our brothers and sisters are thrown in jail and many losing their life for the faith — then dealing with a few dirty looks or nasty comments isn't so bad.

Second, it's a comprehensive guide to promoting an unpopular stance, in this case one associated with illegal acts, while alienating as few people as possible and simultaneously staying out of jail — a line that radical groups of all political stripes sometimes walk.

``... I think that any time you have a situation where something happens again and again and again, and it happens on the part of people who should know better, and it happens on the part of people who should be able to engage in a decent and reasonable calculus about whether or not it's worth going to jail and being separated from your liberty for a few thousand dollars, that something is broken in the system,» he continued a bit later.

In a break with New Labour's hardline rhetoric, Khan is to argue that the party should declare a new policy aim of jailing fewer people.

But the beginning of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan (which became Legal Aid Ontario by way of the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998, s. 3 (1)-RRB-, on March 29, 1967, meant many more accused persons had lawyers, which resulted in: (1) many more trials and a lot fewer guilty pleas; and as a result, (2) drastically over-crowded jails containing inmates awaiting trial; and, (3) shortages of staff in the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.