Sentences with phrase «receive in state prisons»

Following an outcry from prison - reform advocates and a flurry of news reports, Cuomo said he was suspending an initiative that sharply limited the content of care packages that inmates can receive in state prisons.

Not exact matches

GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's vision for turning prisons into state - sponsored dorms where welfare recipients would be able to receive job training and lessons in «personal hygiene» actually extends beyond New Yorkers who are on the public dole.

Albany, N.Y. (WBEN)- In a new program, all inmates in New York State prisons will be eligible to receive free tablet computerIn a new program, all inmates in New York State prisons will be eligible to receive free tablet computerin New York State prisons will be eligible to receive free tablet computers.

The United States attorney's office failed until the trial was well underway to turn over to defense lawyers recordings of 9,000 conversations, almost 300 in Yiddish, in phone calls made or received by Moses Stern, a Rockland County developer who became a government informer to try to avoid a lengthy prison sentence.

U.S. prosecutors are recommending that former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver receive a sentence «substantially in excess» of 10 years in prison for his conviction on federal corruption charges late last year.

State officials say they have received several responses for proposals to develop the now - closed Mount McGregor prison facility in Wilton.

The Citizens» Election Program was introduced in 2005 after former Gov. John G. Rowland was sent to prison stemming from charges he took gifts from businessmen who received millions of dollars in state contracts.

The charges include allegations that Kruger, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland and previously convicted Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio — who died in prison in January — received bribes and other largesse to help two competing health - care companies buy hospitals, and direct state funds to those firms.

Gallivan is slightly off on the numbers, but his claim that few of these cases result in a conviction - and even fewer receive a state prison sentence - is correct.

The report shows about 33,000 cases resolved in 2013, with almost 2.7 percent receiving a sentence to state prison.

Paladino's plan would convert empty and underutilized prisons into centers where those on welfare and unemployment insurance can receive job training, state - sponsored work, housing and lessons in «personal hygiene.»

U.S. prosecutors are recommending that former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver receive a sentence «substantially in excess» of 10 years in prison...

He rejected a request by a defense lawyer for Gonzalez that his client receive two years in prison, like the sentence bestowed earlier this month on 81 - year - old Joseph Bruno, the Republican leader of the state Senate for 13 years who was convicted of two fraud charges.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a release that the seven - year sentence Gonzalez received means he «will join the growing ranks of former New York State and New York City lawmakers now serving lengthy terms in federal prison.»

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Of course, Kieffer did get some legal training in prison (indeed, perhaps more than some students receive in law school) by handling his appeal and a subsequent civil suit against the United States government.

If you are charged with felony receiving stolen property, the maximum criminal penalty that can be imposed is three years in a California state prison and / or $ 10,000 in fines.

If you are convicted for receiving stolen property you will face up to three years in a California state prison, $ 10,000 in criminal fines, and a future burdened with a criminal record.

Receiving stolen property in excess of $ 950 is generally a felony offense, punishable by a maximum of three years in a California State prison and / or $ 10,000 in fines.

An FBI terrorism investigation that concluded last week with a 20 - year prison sentence is atypical since it involves a defendant in the United States receiving funds from abroad to commit an attack locally.

[10] Similarly, although family strengthening programs are scarce (parenting skills classes, the most common service available, are received by only an estimated 11 percent of fathers in state prisons [11]-RRB-, studies indicate that such programs have improved attitudes about the importance of fatherhood, increased parenting skills, and led to more frequent contact between fathers and their children.

The $ 132 billion spending proposal includes notable investments in education for foster youth in the state; a new home visiting program for moms receiving welfare; and a bid to divert some young adults from prisons into juvenile facilities.