Sentences with phrase «of local jail»

Instead, he received service of local jail time with work release in his home state.»

Gallivan also doubts whether lawmakers need to act on strengthening oversight of local jails, saying such power exists now at the state level.

«Even though Erie County jails have a suicide rate of five times the national average of all local jails, many of the 22 deaths under Tim Howard were not suicides, tragic as suicide may be, and preventable as it may be in many cases.»

Not exact matches

It should be noted that while these local governments have enacted tough laws, «there have been very few cases of people jailed for drone use,» he said.

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.

if this is symbolic - then go to your local jail and just do this symbolic act on feet of 10 persons - and then talk to me.

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.

Likewise, the chief of corrections from the local jail came to The Chapel in Libertyville, Illinois and said, «You know, you are starting some of these campuses.

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.

However, while this seems like a promising development, it is debatable whether it has had much influence on what actually has been happening in the field as forests continue to be torn down and local people shunted to jail for protesting the taking of their land.

Saturday's New York Times business section had an article describing how cash - strapped states and municipalities are renting out advertising space everywhere they can think of, from local jails (a boon for defense attorneys and bail bondsmen) to the... [Continue reading]

I felt choked up when a local mother nursed her 6 year old son got jail time and thousands of dollars fine for it, being accused of» out of sexual pleasure act» in 2009 in Chicago.

The Latest on a federal investigation to determine whether a former CIA employee jailed on child pornography charges is also tied to a massive leak of cyber hacking tools (all times local):

The report identifies the five jails as «the most problematic local correctional facilities» out of the 74 the state oversees.

Singh only won part of a 2012 bread - and - rolls contract at the county jail at the insistence of now - deceased Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt, who wanted a local company to get the contract over an upstate business, Keating said.

The mayor is currently seeking a second four - year stint in office, and Mark - Viverito is term - limited after December, and so the next administration and a future Council leader will have to endure the arduous duty of siting the numerous smaller replacement jails in neighborhoods around the five boroughs and dealing with local backlash.

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.

Assembly committees on health and corrections heard testimony on a number of issues pertaining to health in state prisons and local jails, including the treatment of HIV and hepatitis C, illnesses that have increased in correctional facilities with the rise in use of injectable drugs like heroin.

Also at 10 a.m., the Assembly will hold a public hearing to examine the status of inmates with mental illness in the state's prisons and local jails and to determine whether changes may be needed to appropriately address the treatment of mentally ill prisoners, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Hearing Room C, Albany.

Also at 11 a.m., former workers contracted inside Nassau County Correctional Center will join with a local good government group to speak out for the first time against controversial jail medical care provider Armor Correctional Health Services for what they believe was poor and abusive treatment of inmates, 100 Carman Ave., East Meadow, Long Island.

Violations of the local law are punishable by a fine of up to $ 1,000 or up to one year in jail.

Adamawa Ex-Commissioner Bags 10 Years In Prison for N51.5 m Scam A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defrauding...

Alphonso David, Chief Counsel to Governor Cuomo, said: «We have received a copy of the report on the «worst local jails» in New York State.

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.

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

Under the leadership of Astorino and his appointees the county jail has become a state of confusion and danger for officers, civilians and prisoners, a local Westchester blog «Independent Democrats «reported, during Astorino's fail bid for the gubernatorial seat.

In the years since the settlement, Howard's jail team reported a number of suicide attempts as «individual inmate disturbances,» a category that does not trigger an automatic report to the State Commission of Correction in Albany, which polices local jails.

• Ignoring the reality of seriously ill people in need of intensive help ending up on the street or in county jails at local taxpayer expense because the state has shirked its responsibility and no other appropriate care is available is not making things better;

Michael Jacobson is the executive director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance and is involved in efforts to close the Rikers Island jail complex.

«By ending the collusion of local law enforcement and jails with federal immigration authorities, New York City will be a safe place where our immigrants no longer fear deportation by interacting with police.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced last week that they'd reached a deal to speed up the closure of Rikers Island by creating or expanding jail facilities in every borough except Staten Island, it seemed to be a clear sign of a productive partnership between the administration and local elected officials.

Siting of new jails would require support from local elected leaders and would be certain to face opposition.

On November 9, more than 40 New York State legislators signed a strongly worded letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo and Corrections Commissioner Anthony Annucci to end the use of extended solitary confinement in the state's prisons and local jails.

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

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.

State and local programs that expedite Medicaid enrollment for people being released from jails and prisons have become more common in recent years as part of efforts to reduce soaring criminal justice costs.

In trying to make ends meet, middle - aged air hostess, Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is also a courier for local gun - smuggler Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) but when federal agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and LA cop Mark Dargas (Michael Bowen) get wind of her plans she faces time in jail.

Starting with a routine police raid of an illegal after hours club where the local residents harass the police as they are lining - up the patrons for hauling to jail, things quickly turn from shouting and insults to stones and firebombs prompting the cops to start using weapons to fire back.

In the county where Dee lives, the district attorney, a slimy pol named Calvin Beckett (Michael O'Keefe), has long made local African Americans the target of indiscriminate drug sweeps, assuming that poor black people in the projects will plead out even if they're innocent just to get out of jail, not realizing that the guilty plea brands them as felons and opens up a host of other troubles in getting housing, jobs, etc..

Local gas stations and convenience stores appear to be newport cigarettes experiencing an uptick in sales over the last couple of weeks as the Oneida Indian Nation's supply of mainstream brand cigarettes dwindles.But earlier this year Kinley Tshering, then a media consultant in the capital, Thimphu, discussed with friends over drinks the jailing of a Buddhist monk for three years for possessing $ 3 worth of tobacco, one of the first to be prosecuted under a new law banning public smoking cheap newport cigarettes.

Unfortunately, it has an expiration date, and requires breaking the local bomb expert, the aptly monikered Joe Bang (Daniel Craig brush - cut, steely - eyed and savvy) out of jail, but only for an afternoon.

In and out of correctional schools and, eventually, jail, Martin grows to become the leader of a notorious gang of thieves and something of a local Robin Hood.

While searching for food, the two knights are reeled in by the local cardinal, played by Christopher Lee no less, and given a choice: Go to jail for desertion or escort a local girl (Claire Foy) accused of being a witch to stand trial in a distant abbey.

re-settled with his pregnant wife in the kind of bleak, wind - swept town found only in Australia's outback, but a jail - break has unleashed a dedicated local killer hell - bent on revenge.

This office manages the provision of special education in local and regional jails.

Port Beaufort, North Carolina - May 1765Seventeen - year - old Adam Fletcher is no stranger to fist fights, but when he bloodies the nose of the obnoxious son of Port Beaufort's customs agent, the local magistrate offers Adam two choices: jail or an apprenticeship.

Additionally, local and federal government agencies are now guaranteeing minimum levels of occupancy in new jail contracts (private prisons are paid per inmate), which sets a minimum amount of profitability from quarter to quarter and year to year.

Heck, many rural shelter use the local jail birds to care for the animals, a real fine group of people!!

• Walking into old jail cells at the Museum of Belize • Admiring the oldest Anglican church in the region: St. John's Cathedral • Feasting on fresh seafood at restaurants overlooking the harbor • Befriending local animals at the Belize Zoo • Traveling back to Mayan times at the Altun Ha ruins

Pristine as it is now, it is difficult to imagine Con Son as «hell on earth» — thousands of prisoners were confined in jails during the French rule (The Prison tour is quite popular with the locals visiting).