Sentences with phrase «new jails on»

The city wants to build an entirely new jail on the site of the NYPD's Bronx tow pound in Mott Haven, reopen the shuttered Queens Detention Center in Kew Gardens and expand still - operating Manhattan and Brooklyn detention centers.

STATEN ISLAND — The mayor won't open a new jail on Staten Island as part of the city's plan to close Rikers Island in 10 years.

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In an essay for Time earlier this year, Jay - Z announced that he would be donating to organizations like Color of Change and Southerners on the New Ground to advocate for the release of jailed fathers who have not been convicted of a crime but are unable to afford bail.

Convicted fraudster William Ardrey has been released on bail, 13 months after being sentenced to a four - year jail term, but has lost a bid to gain control of cash from the sale of a New York apartment.

Six guards at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex were sentenced on Friday to prison for the 2012 beating of an inmate that left him with fractured eye sockets and a broken nose.

The arrests follow a purge that has seen more than 80 executives at PDVSA and its suppliers jailed for alleged corruption as the state firm's new chief, Major General Manuel Quevedo, has sought to stamp his authority on the sector - the financial lifeblood of Venezuela's unraveling socialist government.

In an essay for Time earlier this month, Jay - Z announced that he would be donating to organizations like Color of Change and Southerners on the New Ground to advocate for the release of jailed fathers who have not been convicted of a crime but are unable to afford bail.

Unless Congress acts on a new plan that would subject anyone who kills those animals for human consumption to a jail term and up to a $ 2,500 fine.

A young physics student starts a revolutionary new marketplace immune to State coercion; he ends up ordering hits on people because they might threaten his great experiment, and is jailed for life without parole.

On a number of occasions, the Italian State even created new laws specifically designed to keep the cavaliere out of jail.

NEW DELHI (Reuters)- An Indian court on Tuesday jailed a driver of U.S. - based ride - hailing company Uber [UBER.UL] for life for raping a passenger, in a case that highlighted the dangers faced by women from violent sex attackers.

Geoff, however, along with thousands of other men, started a new chapter of life in a makeshift jail on Changi Road.

I heard of a woman today who got attacked by a dog, climbed a telephone pole, fell out of a tree, was yelled at by a police officer on a 911 call, got patched in to the State Police in New York, was almost arrested and sent to jail, trespassed on several people's property, hurtled fences and hedges in a mad dash through a neighborhood, and even convinced a former mayor of our town to call in some favors to the local power company.

Churches ASK for 10 % but don't DEMAND 10 % nor do they kick you out of church for paying 0 %... however, the federal government TAKES 30 % + and threatens jail... geez... love love love the new liberal ANTI CHARITY... just so incredibly insightful to the hate on the left...

He goes on to report that a jail which was intended to stop his witness has provided it rather with strange new occasions.

I have assisted hundreds of women in meetings / jail / treatment centers and one on one to find a new way to live.

I pretty much agreed with most of what you have said and i think that the sinners prayer has been misused as a get out of Jail free card.A couple of things that people miss is that God is in charge.As soon as you offer yourself to God and accept Jesus Chris the holy spirit has liberty to work on you.Because he loves us he will discipline us so that we do repent of our sins.The downside of living a walk like that you are a hypocrite until you admit your sinfulness the holy spirit can not help us because of our pride.The second part was you talking about disciplining the flesh personally you cant discipline that which is corrupt our hearts are deceitfully wicked we need new hearts no amount of effort on our part will transform our hearts that is the work of the holy spirit he changes our hearts so that we no longer desire to sin we would rather serve the Lord with all our hearts instead.brentnz

«People walk up to me on the streets of New Orleans and say, «I thought you were in jail, Bennie.»

And while you're at it, why not follow me on Twitter it will save you the trouble of watching Fox and you'll be up to date on all our new policies like being pals with Putin and hearing who I think should be put in jail.»

these men were basically taken by deputies out of jail om new years morning and were allowed a small celebration at one of the deputies homes before they were released on the second of January.

Jailed for life, Mandela served 27 years in prison before his release in 1990, going on to become president of the new racially - equal South Africa.

The Oyster Bay Town Board could approve a new agreement to remove $ 20 million loan guarantees extended on behalf of jailed restaurateur Harendra Singh as soon as May 24, Town Supervisor John Venditto said.

In New York's prisons and jails, simple menstruation supplies like pads and tampons can become bargaining chips, used to maintain control by correction officers, or traded among incarcerated women, according to former inmates and advocates on the issue.

The jail complex on Rikers Island has failed to comply with minimum safety standards and has become so dangerous, according to the state Commission on Correction, that it can no longer be permitted to accept inmate transfers from outside New York City.

For months, protesters hounded Mayor Bill de Blasio at town hall - style meetings and fund - raisers from Manhattan to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., demanding that he shut down New York City's main jail complex on Rikers Island.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on Monday announced the appointments of three veterans of New York City government to new or long - unfilled posts meant to reform the county's contracting system and oversight of its jaNew York City government to new or long - unfilled posts meant to reform the county's contracting system and oversight of its janew or long - unfilled posts meant to reform the county's contracting system and oversight of its jail.

Banksy returned to New York City this past week, painting a mural on Houston St. honoring a jailed Turkish artist, and adding a scurrying rat to the clock of an old bank building slated for demolition on W. 14th St.. The artwork on the famed...

The legislation would bolster what the council did in 2014, when it passed rules booting immigration agents from its outpost on Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, and restricted the city's cooperation with the federal government.

The president of Uganda, Kaguta Yoweri Museveni on 24th of February, signed in a new law whereby a gay person will be jailed for 14 years and if caught on committing the crime on a second instance they will serve a life imprisonment.

At 6:30 p.m., ProPublica partners with New America New York City for Too Big to Jail: Executive Impunity from Wall Street to the White House, a discussion on corporate crime and the government's prosecutorial strategy for top corporate executives, Interface, 140 W. 30th St., Manhattan.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

The number of inmates held in solitary confinement on New York City's Rikers Island has fallen sharply, in what city officials say is a sign of a gradual turnaround at a jail complex marred by allegations of violence and abuse.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration on Wednesday released a report on troubled locally administered jails in New York and bashed a decade - long plan to close Rikers Island in New York City, calling the timeline «wholly unacceptable.»

The Commission of Correction, which polices New York's local jails, «will monitor compliance through on - site assessments and other means,» spokeswoman Janine Kava said.

He also criticized the mayor's Rikers Island jails closure plan, and the plan to build new jails in the boroughs, as insufficient; on his website, Gangi proposes closing Rikers within one year of the start of his administration.

«We're not going to spend one dime on new jails,» Gangi said, adding that he also would not approve the funding de Blasio has allocated for a new police academy or the controversial Brooklyn - Queens streetcar project.

O'Donnell, a former public defense attorney, who often visited clients in New York City's jails, also in the letter expressed concern that the newest corrections officers are placed on the 3 to 11 PM shift, when most of an unusually high number of incidents involving assaults occur.

Slamming the mayor's recent, sudden support of closing the jail on Rikers Island as «opportunistic,» Gangi noted de Blasio wants to spend money building new jails.

He spoke of rebuilding the facilities on Rikers Island, declaring that the current operations are a failure, but not endorsing the new de Blasio view of closing the Rikers Island jails and moving those operations to new and expanded jails around the City.

Mayor de Blasio's plan for closing Rikers Island says little about where new jails should be built — a decision he shrugged off on the City Council Thursday.

But ex-lobbyist Howe, who spent the weekend in jail after his bail was revoked and faces new questions on whether prosecutors will still go to bat for him when he is sentenced on an earlier plea to bribery and embezzlement, did admit he hadn't done himself any favors.

«We should close down Rikers and build a new state of the art jail that is just safer for the guards and for the inmates,» Mr. Cuomo said on NY1 this morning.

Now, a team of a dozen prosecutors and two investigators is stationed on the island inside the New York City jail complex, working out of a gray double - wide trailer.

The exact cost of the new jail has yet to be determined, but previous reports put the price tag at nearly $ 70 million, plus the cost of the interest on the bond.

Rather than focusing on new facilities to replace Rikers, de Blasio's lengthy report discusses ways to reduce the jail population to 5,000 inmates.

Massey said that he's read the Lippman Report and talked with experts, leading him to support «ending the facility that we now call Rikers» but building new facilities on Rikers Island rather than replacing the current Rikers jails with jails spread around the City.

For juvenile offenders, the Cuomo - appointed Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice is recommending raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18, shifting nonviolent offenses for those under 18 to family court, and keeping young people out of adult jails, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.

Halloran, 42, was hoping to avoid jail by serving home confinement and embark on a new career as a scuba instructor.

«You're putting that jail in the south Bronx across that bridge right here or you're putting it down the street on 125th Street somewhere or you're putting it in Bedford Stuyvesant or you're putting it in Red Hook,» said Norman Seabrook, president of the New York City Correction Officer's Benevolent Association.

De Blasio's plan for closing Rikers Island says little about where new jails should be built — a decision he shrugged off on the City Council.