Sentences with phrase «operates state prisons»

The bulk of overtime was found in agencies that care for or guard people — the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Office of Mental Health, which run developmental centers and psychiatric centers; and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, which operates state prisons.

Not exact matches

The United States Penitentiary, Beaumont, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was inaccessible to visitors for up to a month after the hurricane.

If we took more of an interest in the making of our foreign policy, usually for the profit of our corporate overlords rather than for the safety of the American people, maybe we would know why, when bringing the lamp of liberty to the darker places of the earth, the United States invariably chooses for its allies the despots who operate their countries on the model of a prison or a jail.

It may seem trivial to fight about whose budget resolution gets more attention, but in New York, the spending plans approved in late March often contain non-related policy items, like whether to treat 16 and 17 year - olds as juveniles, not adults, in the state prison system, known as «raise the age», and whether to allow ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City.

When will the Cuomo administration concede that this demands an outside investigation, not one by the same state government that operates these prisons and stands to be on the hook for possible civil rights violations and potential damages?

A blogger operating in Abuja and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mrs Abimbola Adeniyi, was yesterday remanded in prison for alleged traffic offence.

Fitch also asserts that the company might have some running room on prison construction, because «the cost for states to build, operate or repair facilities remains significantly higher than those of the private operators.»

While some Democrats are pushing for the additional charter school money to be reduced or eliminated, some said the issue alone would not cause them to vote against the entire budget that funds scores of agencies, nonprofit organizations, and departments that operate everything from state prisons to the attorney general's office.

Prison Pet Partnership, operating within the Washington State criminal justice system, has been a model for the nation in the rehabilitation of inmates.

The prison is operated for the state of Texas by a private company.

It has been roundly criticized by, among others, the Humane Society of the United States, PETA, numerous state and local humane societies, actress Alicia Silverstone and football quarterback Michael Vick, who served 21 months in prison for operating a dogfighting ring.

The rescue was debating where it might take the dogs when the state prison in Lancaster — where Lisa's husband, Mark, operates a dog training program called Karma Rescue — offered all 50 of them shelter.

Operating federal and state prisons, including local jails, is generally calculated to cost the U.S. government, and therefore taxpayers, about $ 80 billion a year.

The standards for holding the governmental entity itself liable is different than the standard for holding the individuals operating the prison liable (and additional 11th Amendment issues of substance and forum come into play that require suit to be brought in state rather than federal court on such a claim when the governmental entity owning the facility is a state government)(per the same case linked above):

• 63 percent of teen suicides; • 70 percent of juveniles in state - operated institutions; • 71 percent of high school dropouts; • 75 percent of children in chemical abuse centers; • 85 percent of those in prison; • 85 percent of children who exhibit behavioral disorders; and • 90 percent of homeless and runaway children.