Sentences with phrase «people behind bars»

Indeed, a Chicago Sun - Times examination found wide disparities in how often Cook County judges put people behind bars for gun possession before mandatory minimum sentences fully took effect in early 2011.

All are different, but all have the potential to put innocent people behind bars — or worse — and spawn litigation that could end up costing taxpayers dearly.

Executive Director and celebrated documentary photographer Ruth Morgan has collaborative with visual artist Dee Morizono to curate a site - specific installation of compelling large format photographs, video diaries, and multi-media artwork that challenges assumptions about people behind bars and their families.

Buckhanon tells the story through letters written by the two teenagers in their vibrant Harlem vernacular, putting a human face on the people behind bars and those who love them.

The school - to - prison - pipeline (including disproportionate suspension rates and the use of high - stakes testing) has contributed to the fact that there are now more black people behind bars, on probation, or on parole than were slaves on plantations in 1850.

On the surface, these sites profess to specialize in connecting people behind bars.

For people behind bars, the mindfulness, compassion, and confidence they gain from yoga can go a long way towards adapting to life outside of prison.

Given that prisons are already 30 percent over-capacity, and the Legislature is passing tough - on - crime bills that are likely to put even more people behind bars, Vos said it's a foregone conclusion that a new prison will be needed.

We hope that this effort results in many people behind bars being given a second chance.

The whole criminal justice system is going to come crashing down because we put to many people behind bars and we can't afford it.

«It's not just about putting people behind bars.

The analysis published Thursday by the New York City - based Osborne Association found that in the last decade, the number of inmates over 50 has increased by 46 percent despite an overall 17 percent decline in the number of people behind bars.

If the government genuinely believes its own frequent claim that Britain has a proud tradition of protecting refugees, it shouldn't let an obsession with throwing people behind bars simply because they've sought protection here take priority over the wellbeing and safety of vulnerable children.

With almost 2.3 million prisoners, the U.S. has — by far — the largest number of people behind bars of any country.

The US» rate is more than 10 times Norway's — 707 per 100,000, or 2,228,424 people behind bars.

As would later be the case with Making a Murderer, Serial inspired a resurgence of interest in a dormant case as fans theorized on the possibility that law enforcement officials had put the wrong person behind bars.

with millions of crimes committed and over a million felonies prosecuted every year (as well as over two million persons behind bars and seven million persons currently under criminal justice supervision), crime and punishment issues have a profound scope in the United States and have a profound impact on Americans» day - to - day lives;

This should be of the highest concern of the judicial system as having the wrong person behind bars means that the person actually responsible for the crime roams free.

Not exact matches

«I think it would be more disturbing if we had [millions of people] behind bars and nobody paid attention or wanted to know what it was like,» she said.

Out of 100,000 people, 734 individuals are behind bars in the U.S. — far and away the highest number in the world.

There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.»

The article, «Why America Locks up Too Many People,» in the Economist, (Sep. 17, 2010, I can send you a pdf, if you are interested), mentions that nearly one in 100 Americans is behind bars!

Yes, and there are 300 million citizens in the US and they can't stop from shooting each other and putting each other behind bars, and ruining the world banking system with dubious methods and instruments and wreck people's retirement savings all over the world, not to mention the high abortion rate, murder rate and consumption of resources rate... It's just a disorganized disaster, as opposed to the Nazi's who had an organized disaster.

Chili became very popular in the Texas jail system between 1890 and 1900, giving some people the idea that the dish originated behind bars.

Mary: He'll certainly appreciate these bars, since they're deliciously packed with nuts and lots and lots of dried fruits (although the people behind him might not be so appreciative...)

Tax Day is almost here and people have a lot on their plates, which was exactly the inspiration behind the latest special at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar.

We love: The Replacements references in the restaurant, including the quote behind the bar («a person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nuthin» much at all.»)

Renee Erickson, the chef behind some of Seattle's best restaurants, including Bateau and Bar Melusine, always uses the stuff people often throw away without thinking twice.

Most people know of Jerry Sandusky, the man who was convicted on 45 counts of sexually abusing boys and will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Six England fans remained behind bars Saturday along with two Dutch supporters after over 100 people were arrested in ugly clashes before a friendly international match in Amsterdam.

Anger at the 270 people killed in Britain's worst ever terrorist attack has led senior American politicians to openly place pressure on Edinburgh to keep Megrahi behind bars until the end of his life.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos thinks eight years behind bars is «harsh» for a person like ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who is 81.

Yes, that time behind bars is meant to be a punishment but it's not meant to be a den of violence where people fear for their safety on a daily basis.

An upstate man was sentenced to 35 years behind bars Thursday for selling ultra-potent «Breaking Bad» - branded heroin that killed 3 people, authorities said.

Palmer, who was sentenced to six months behind bars, is the third person to be sentenced in the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat, who cut their way out of the maximum - security prison in Dannemora on June 6, launching a massive three - week manhunt that ended with Matt killed and Sweat captured.

Mark - Viverito also said the City Council will fund a $ 1.4 million bail fund to reduce the amount of jail time people who can't afford low bail for minor violations have to spend behind bars waiting for there cases to be adjudicated.

Just days later, more than 500 people rallied to call for this terrorist to stay where she belongs — behind bars.

People come in, do their time, and — within 3 years — half are back behind bars, according to U.S. Department of Justice statistics.

People just out of prison are more prone to winding up back behind bars if there are more fellow ex-cons living in their neighborhood.

«The idea behind this study was to re-evaluate the bar that was previously established for evaluating a person's immune response to influenza vaccines,» said the study's principal investigator Matthew J. Memoli, M.D., director of the Clinical Studies Unit in NIAID's Laboratory of Infectious Diseases.

Earlier intervention Once a person with TBI is behind bars, arguing for a chunk of shrinking budgets to help them out is not always an easy sell.

That something so innocuous could determine whether a person walks free or remains behind bars is deeply troubling.

You can spot by the sides of the bar (one person on each end and outside of the rack) or from behind the athlete.

The episode, called «War & Pizza» from 99 % Invisible, reported that the technology behind the «instant» foods many of us busy modern people depend on — boxed cereals, granola bars, TV dinners (even the fancy $ 7 ones)-- was first introduced in the 1950s.

Also, as with the pulldowns, most people simply don't have the necessary shoulder flexibility to get a straight line on the movement - they must tilt their head forward to get the bar behind it, adding greatly to the possibility of injury.

Now Alex must free himself and put the people responsible, behind bars to clear his own name.

The metaphoric images of humans being kept behind bars, while the barbaric nazi's torture the Jewish people, at least strikes an emotional chord.

Educating people who have spent years behind bars is just as much about compassion and humanity as it is about effective study habits and good test scores, say their counselors and teachers.

And the resistance to education behind bars speaks to a larger issue of access to quality post-secondary education for low - and midincome people.

- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize - winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy «With heartbreaking stories of suffering, Alisa Roth shines a much - needed light on the crisis that afflicts the overwhelming number of mentally ill people locked away behind bars, where they are not treated but abused.