Sentences with phrase «in local jails»

The state is adding more reforms for those in solitary confinement in local jails.

According to the United States Department of Justice, percentages range from 45 percent of federal prisoners to 56 percent of state prisoners and 64 percent of inmates in local jails.

Unlike in federal and state prisons, the vast majority of people held in local jails have not yet been convicted — most are held there temporarily until they make bail or go on trial.

James for going to give spiritual counseling to a child murderer in the local jail, Fr.

There, with Whitefield, they were members of a deeply religious group whose members fasted twice a week, had frequent Communion, and sought to help prisoners in a local jail.

According to the executive order, «100 youth are incarcerated in New York State adult prisons facilities and approximately 550 youth are currently confined in local jails.»

«The surcharge would generate needed revenue to expand opiate addiction treatment, prevention and recovery programs, school - based substance use programming, workforce recruitment and retention, substance abuse programming in local jails and alternatives - to - incarceration programs,» said Mike Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

A new joint report from the Vera Institute of Justice and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge initiative says that women locked in local jails are now the fastest growing incarcerated population in the nation.

The state said 581 cases, or 2.4 percent of all cases, resulted in a state prison sentence, while 1,072 cases resulted in a local jail sentence.

Leeds said the sentences with DWI cases can vary — from as little as a fine to as much as a year in a local jail.

Suicide is a big problem among inmates in the US, accounting for 35 per cent of deaths in local jails and 5.5 per cent of deaths in state - run facilities in 2011.

The Chief Judge is responsible for developing and implementing a plan for the efficient operation of the courts, providing for prompt disposition of cases, assignment of judges and staff, control of dockets, regulation and use of courtrooms, and review of the status of inmates detained in local jails.

At Cuomo's urging, New York is poised to adopt new standards for the treatment of prisoners held in solitary confinement in local jails.

Right now, Onondaga County is forced to take state prisoners, who have violated parole, and keep them in the local jail while the justice system decides whether to send them back to state prison.

Boss and Charley head into the town only to discover that Mose was involved in a fight at the general store, has been severely wounded, and is locked up in the local jail.

This pie chart helps to visualize the enormity of the prison situation in the United States and helps to delve into the why so many of the convicted and not convicted are locked up in local jails.