Sentences with phrase «prison serious offenders»

Not exact matches

Not the least of alternative sentencing's benefits is that it frees up the prison space we so desperately need to lock up serious offenders who pose an immanent threat to society — and keep them locked up for a long time.

We will continue to ensure that serious and dangerous offenders are managed effectively and their risk is reduced through appropriate use of prison and then through the multi-agency public protection arrangements... Any adult who commits a crime using a knife can expect to be sent to prison, and serious offenders can expect a long sentence.

This appears to contradict the claims made by David Hanson MP who, in 2008, said prison «is not necessarily the best route for less serious offenders» and community sentencing «cuts the likelihood of re-offending on release, and in doing so cuts crime».

John Reid faces renewed criticism of the handling of the foreign prisoners scandal, after figures released by the Home Office show that 28 of the 189 foreign serious offenders wrongly freed from prison are still at large in the UK.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a criminal investigation after it emerged G4S and Serco overcharged the Government for tagging offenders, some of whom were found to be dead, back in prison or overseas.

Mr Grieve said: «Conservatives would deploy more police on the streets to catch and deter violent offenders, ensure more prison places so that serious violent offenders who should be in jail are in jail and tackle the long term causes of crime which lead to so much tragic violence.»

In some cases, 60 % of domestic violence offenders also abused animals at some point and 70 % of the most violent prisoners in a study of federal prisons, had serious animal abuse in their histories.

The headline points are: ● prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving and consumption of drink and drugs puts offenders in the most serious category with jail sentences of at least seven years; ● a combination of these features of dangerous driving accompanied by aggregating factors, such as a bad driving record, attracts sentences towards 14 years; ● careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs provides for a longer sentence, as the degree of intoxication increases; ● regarding mobile phones — an offender distracted by a handheld mobile phone when the offence was committed will be treated as particularly serious; ● reading or composing texts over a period of time at the wheel is also likely to result in a higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison.

If you are charged with a serious offence and sentenced as a youth, you may serve time in a young offenders center but will not spend time in adult jails or prisons until you reach the age of 18.

This legislation reforms mandatory minimum prison sentences to focus on the most serious drug offenders and violent criminals.

For example, as criminal lawyers in San Jose we have represented clients in Santa Clara County who have faced life in prison for three - strike cases; two - strike cases; serious or violent felonies, i.e., attempted murder, car - jacking, robbery, first degree burglary, gang - related stabbings; child pornography sex offenses requiring mandatory lifetime sex offender registration; child molestation, felony possession of methamphetamine for sale; felony possession of marijuana for sale, weapons offenses and many more.

But now, nearly all white - collar offenders can and should expect to serve some serious prison time, especially if they get convicted after a criminal trial (rather than after pleading guilty).

Justice reinvestment still retains prison as a measure for dangerous and serious offenders but actively shifts the culture away from imprisonment and starts providing community wide services that prevent offending.

Justice reinvestment still retains prison as a measure for dangerous and serious offenders.