Sentences with phrase «incarceration does»

Virtually every comparative sentencing study in existence has told us that incarceration does a terrible job of deterring anybody.
Prior or current incarceration does not necessarily restrict visitation.
And I'm very proud to say, in this city... the era of mass incarceration did not begin in New York City, but it will end in New York City when we close Rikers Island for good.»
It calls to mind the dreadful experiments in incarceration done in the 19th century, in which, rather than employ corporal punishment, they placed offenders in solitary confinement.

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Carrying myself the way I did, resulted in an overall respect for my character during my incarceration.
«We don't do much for people coming out of incarceration,» Kozlowski told Fortune.
«The tools they gain and the opportunities they earn permanently break the cycles of drug - use, incarceration, and poverty for them and their families, for life,» O'Donnell said in a statement to Business Insider, pointing us to some research outlined on The Doe Fund's website:
A lot of this stuff I need to learn, but if we're actually going to try to make a difference on «mass incarceration,» you don't want to look at that every 6 months.
While the CCA declares on its website that it doesn't lobby for policies that determine «the basis for or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention,» the Justice Policy Institute has documented several pieces of federal legislation the CCA lobbied on in recent years, including funding related to private prisons and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.
«One of the most important strengths bitcoin has is its ability to adapt and now is the time to do it,» Shrem said, adding that he hopes to start or join a bitcoin company when he is eventually released from incarceration.
In her groundbreaking book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander notes that «racial caste systems do not require racial hostility or overt bigotry to thrive.
I also believe that our failure to do this has bred deep divisions within the church and has led to Christianity playing a paramount role in legitimating and exacerbating racial injustice from our nation's origin — colonizing Native Americans, enslaving Diasporic Africans — to our present - day crises of immigration and mass incarceration.
My point is, if a belief in hell reduces crime, than why is it that christards and muzzies, who both believe in hell, have higher incarceration rates than atheists, who do not believe in hell.
Do you believe in permanent incarceration to justly convicted criminals of certain heinous crimes?
The rest of the town viewed his incarceration etc. with remarkable indifference, considering what he, as a player etc., had done for Dillon.
For Soering, incarceration raises anthropological questions: it has to do with what we think a human being is.
Your extreme views on the incarceration of gay people may have something to do with it.
In doing so she gradually reveals the catastrophic events that led to her «conversion» and present incarceration in a mysterious rehabilitation centre.
I find it troubling that Webb does not situate his defense of punishment (even if it is «saved») within the broader context of mass incarceration in the United States.
We, in the land of the «free» sadly, do have the highest, and / or, one of the higest, incarceration rates in the world.
North Korea doesn't report their incarceration rates, but I doubt they have as many prisioners as we do — they execute a lot of people.
It came after Pamz «did only the minimum on a six - to - life» 1998 drug case, his second incarceration.
Then you can just keep clicking through to the later cards until you get to something, like incarceration rates or recidivism, that you don't know as much about.
But they also didn't delay marriage because of «troublemaking men,» incarceration, abuse, unemployment or because they can't afford to get married — many of the reasons poor women cite as delaying marriage (an institution they value, perhaps more than their middle - class sisters).
But people divorce for all sorts of reasons that don't necessarily fit these groups» assessment of «unnecessary divorce,» marriages ending because of some vague unhappiness or a lack of commitment, and that fall outside of the few reasons they consider valid — physical abuse, drug or booze addiction, incarceration and abandonment.
Mass incarceration plays a role here: More than half of black men without a high school degree do some jail time before they turn 30.
«We would like to thank the prosecutors who have been willing to engage in dialogue and recognise that this conduct did not merit the extradition, incarceration and criminalisation of my son.»
However, FiveThiryEight.com examined several studies which found that around 40 % of complaints against police officers resulted in legal action, and of those complaints that did result in legal action, 33 % resulted in a conviction and 12 % in an incarceration.
The widespread perception that incarceration was used as a means of getting business people to cough up large sums to replenish the state treasury did not enhance the popular image of the government.
✝ - Pre-trial incarceration and bail confiscation can be considered punitive from the point of view of the defendant, but they do serve as a balance against an individual's rights and society's larger security concerns.
Addiction treatment centres are also less available than they used to be, leaving many prisoners emerging from incarceration with an addiction they didn't have when they went in.
Action News dug deeper to find what is being done right here in our community to break the cycle of drug abuse and incarceration.
According to him, their incarceration had forced the president to take up the personal attacks on Nana Addo, which he believes the jailed host and panelists of the pro-government radio station, would otherwise have done.
The mass incarceration crisis did not begin in New York City.
She did not provide any cost estimates, arguing only that on a per - person cost creating supportive housing units will ultimately reduce City spending as such housing is less expensive than the cost of incarceration.
«We are proud that New York City leads the country in reducing both crime and incarceration, but there is much work still to do
Now that SCOTUS has closed the books on this appeal, when does Cuomo start going door - to - door and rounding up these people for mass incarceration?
How do they compare to costs to society of prohibition of a particular substance, in terms of law enforcement, and opportunity costs from loss of otherwise productive members of society to our criminal justice system, either through incarceration or effects of having a conviction on their record?
«This is a very disappointing development,» said Mareane, «particularly in light of the extraordinary work that is done in this County to utilize any number of current and emerging alternatives to incarceration to keep our jail population low.»
Since the court has ruled that there was no evidence of fraud or wrong - doing to support his prolonged incarceration, Bala Mohammed is on solid grounds to insist that he is a victim of some grand conspiracy to demonize him before the Nigerian public and probably put his political future in jeopardy.
Fare - beating busts on the subway have surged in recent years, and so has the number of people doing time for the $ 2.50 crime, making it one of the top charges that has led to incarcerations, a Daily News analysis has found.
At a Democratic candidates forum hosted by the Village Independent Democrats (VID), a Democratic club, on Tuesday night, Scott Caplan, police misconduct and corruption officer for the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, asked Nixon to state in her own words whether she thinks de Blasio and the NYPD can do better in the areas of mass incarceration, marijuana, police accountability and police discipline.
Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, a staunch ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio who is challenging his frequent - foe Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says New York City can do «so much better» in the areas of mass incarceration, marijuana enforcement and police accountability — the latest sign that she is moving further to distance herself from her old bud.
His lawyers had argued that the former speaker should be allowed to use his «unique talents» to benefit others, and that a sentence that incorporates «extensive community service and little — if any — incarceration could do that.»
In our 50 years of providing alternatives to incarceration and of helping those released from incarceration to build positive lives in the community, the Fortune Society has been saddened by the damage done by treating young people as though they were adults.
Organizer Sean Collins is with Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration: «And in the resolution it talks about, it calls on local law enforcement officials and agencies to utilize their discretion they have, use greater discretion to provide more leniency and more compassion in the system, and do what they can now, even though there isn't a law on the books to divert 16 - and 17 - year - olds away from prisons.»
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Her campaign referred back to an op - ed she wrote explaining her comments, where she argued legalization, if done right, could begin to repair some of the harms inflicted by mass incarceration.
He believes that creative solutions that do not include incarceration should be sought in every case where they are a possibility.
«If you think about it, safety of the community crosses party lines, helping young people who might be in positions that aren't very fruitful or helpful for them as they move forward; alternatives to incarceration, why are we putting young kids in jail if we don't have to, those are all things that cross party lines, so my values haven't changed.»
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