Sentences with phrase «of penitentiary»

The word contraband is also broadly defined in s. 2 (1)(a) and (e) of the CCRA as an «intoxicant» and, ``... any item... that could jeopardize the security of a penitentiary or the safety of persons, when that item is possessed without prior authorization.»

The concern about health effects reached a new pitch in 2011 when the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture unequivocally concluded that «solitary confinement is a harsh measure which may cause serious psychological and physiological adverse effects on individuals regardless of their specific conditions», and that the practice is «contrary to one of the essential aims of the penitentiary system, which is to rehabilitate offenders and facilitate their reintegration into society».

This application referred specifically to administrative segregation, the purpose of which is to maintain the security of the penitentiary and of all persons within the penitentiary.

«If we're looking at the impact of a penitentiary, why would we tell that in print when we can demonstrate the power of those factors far more viscerally with photography?»

Despite his own unjust incarceration, the elderly man maintains his decorum as a gentleman while chipping away at the rocky floor of his penitentiary.

His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown, Dr Clemens, the doctor of penitentiary Fury 161, who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante in Alien 3 (1992) and the one - eyed hitman Mr Benedict, a villain in Last Action Hero (1993).

Not exact matches

But since 2008, the 43 - year old founder of the pest control company Bugs Are Gone has been visiting both state and federal penitentiaries, mentoring people on how to become business owners.

On one morning late this spring, dozens of inmates at Solano State Prison in Northern California scurried around the penitentiary's gym, ready for a life - changing day.

Frank Thompson gave that order twice when he was superintendent of Oregon state penitentiary - the only two completed executions in that state in over 50 years.

Some of the calmest, most peaceful, intelligent people I've ever met are doing life in the penitentiary.

Liam turned this into his version of Poor Richard's Almanack, a compendium of practical advice («how to avoid athlete's foot in penitentiary showers») and editorials on the power of positive thinking («it's all about the choices we make»).

In the penitentiary, guards usually reward inmates for such extraordinary services with packs of cigarettes, bags of sugar (to brew «mash»), hardcore pornography or even drugs.

When the ACLU approves of a Baptist Bible college in a state penitentiary, you know there is something extraordinary going on.

It has filled the future with fear and flame, and made God the keeper of an eternal penitentiary, destined to be the home of nearly all the sons of men.

At the turn of the century, according to Suzanne Schlosberg, author of The Ultimate Workout Log, primitive stair machines were used for punishment in federal penitentiaries.

Oddities tended to attract an undue share of public attention: there was amusement over the King and Queen of England eating hot dogs while visiting President Roosevelt at Hyde Park; outrage when the President changed the date of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23; excitement when Al Capone was released from a federal penitentiary after serving more than seven years for income tax evasion.

A project of the State Game and Fish Department, it was built with penitentiary labor and installed under the authority of the New Mexico Secretary of State, who handles such official items as the state's official flower (yucca), official mammal (black bear) and official fish (cutthroat trout).

He could receive a maximum of five years (no sentencing date has been set), but it's more likely that if Judge Edward Coleman sentences him to any jail time at all, it will be less than a year, which would be served in county jail instead of in a state penitentiary.

Tebow has never been a penitentiary dentist by way of a counterfeiting operation.

All guest runners were required to arrive one hour prior to the start of their race in order to be processed into the penitentiary.

My pulse began to race as I realized I was now in the depths of a maximum - security penitentiary.

A view of buildings at the Rikers Island penitentiary complex.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The fight for a $ 350,000 dog shelter at the Jamesville penitentiary is featured in the most recent episode of «Pit Bulls and Parolees» on Animal Planet.

«We believe people who ask for forgiveness of sin and redeem themselves should get a second chance, and 20 years in the penitentiary is time enough to come to grips with getting your redemption and forgiveness,» the outgoing Republican governor said on Fox News.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced an agreement with the Department of Justice that addresses issues raised regarding conditions of confinement at the county's jail and penitentiary complex that arose during the administration of former County Executive Andrew Spano.

Throughout Hare's eight - month stint at the penitentiary, Ray persuaded Hare to endorse him for various plum prison jobs, including the auto shop, which led to a chilling send - off for Hare when he left to finish his doctorate degree at the University of Western Ontario.

The program includes a multidisciplinary public health model of care and cooperation between government, health services, the penitentiary system, and community organizations.

His portraits, whether set in the lively streets of Manhattan, the expansiveness of Malibu's beaches and canyons, the timeless elegance of Walden's New England, or the bleakness of San Quentin penitentiary, remind us that there is beauty everywhere.

A portrait of a subculture whose members take pride in walking their kids to the penitentiary's pre-K class.

Painfully realistic portrayal of one mother's struggle to raise her child in a penitentiary for women.

Spanning sixty years, this is the story of two friends who are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison at a Mississippi penitentiary.

In the first, black - and - white entry, Ken - san plays Tachibana, a yakuza underling who's sent to the snowy wastes of northern Hokkaido to do his time at the infamous Abashiri penitentiary, from which escape is supposed to be impossible due to its isolation in harsh surroundings.

Herman's House DVD Review by Kam Williams Artist and Inmate Forge Unlikely Friendship in Angola Prison Documentary 72 year - old Herman Wallace has been imprisoned at Louisiana's infamous Angola penitentiary since he was found guilty of committing bank robbery back in 1967.

When, inevitably, Russell is caught and sent to the state penitentiary, he meets the love of his life, the titular Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor).

On an icy morning on the industrial outskirts of Buffalo, New York, Billy Brown is released from the state penitentiary after a five - year stint.

Before the opening credits of Toshiya Fujita's Lady Snowblood (1973) roll, a restive camera prowls the corridor of a women's penitentiary once upon a winter's night.

Instead he assails his «recruit's» apartment with a military tactical team and he offers him the choice of cell time in a penitentiary to pay for his past misdeeds or a chance to serve his government overseas.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Michael Jai White Stars in Straight - to - Video Street Fight DVD Drama After Isaiah Bone (Michael Jai White) is paroled from the penitentiary he has a hard time finding a legit line of work so he can provide for his loyal and patient wife, Tamara (Nona Gaye).

But because she had recently violated a section of the law that forbids lobbyists from sending people on expensive junkets (something about paying a congressman to go on an «educational» tour of Indonesia regarding taxes on palm oil), she is called up for a Senate hearing led by Senator Ron M. Sperling (John Lithgow), who is in the pocket of the gun people and seeks to send her to a federal penitentiary.

The lesson here: If only all penitentiaries would serve homemade marmalade sandwiches, we'd probably have a smaller rate of recidivism.

The movie's title refers to the act of transferring a young offender from a juvenile detention center to an adult penitentiary prematurely, and in the case of 19 - year - old Eric Love (Jack O'Connell), he's been relocated two years early due to the frequency and severity of his violent outbursts.

But his professional skills are put to an unusual test when he finds himself wrongfully incarcerated in one of his own penitentiaries, and forced to break out in order to discover who framed him.

«Alias Grace» is based on the true story of a poor Irish immigrant, housemaid Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), who is locked up in an Ontario penitentiary for double murder.

Once selected, the group was divided into «inmates» and «guards» and put into «Stanford County Prison,» a fake penitentiary staged in the basement of Jordan Hall, home of the school's psychology department.

Partnerships with Correctional Service of Canada and CORCAN to host tours of Canada's oldest and recently shuttered penitentiary in Kingston, Ont.

When I go on a group tour of the decommissioned Crumlin Road jail, a sprawling Victorian penitentiary, our guide is charming — but he also makes it clear that he will not go near certain topics, for fear of starting a fight.

The state statute is very similarly worded, but allows such acts to be treated as a felony calling for imprisonment of up to one year in a county jail or up to five years in a state penitentiary and / or a fine of up to $ 500.00.

«While the Island is perhaps best known for its legacy as one of the toughest penitentiaries in American history, there is much more to learn during an Alcatraz visit.

San Francisco, CA — Chinese artist and rights advocate Ai Weiwei will create a new body of site - specific artwork on Alcatraz Island, the notorious former federal penitentiary in the center of San Francisco Bay, now a national park welcoming more than a million visitors annually.

A ride aboard the historic Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino, which restarted operations in 1994, offers visitors a glimpse into Ushuaia's penitentiary past, as well as stunning vistas of Isla Grande's rugged peaks and lush valleys.