If the sentence is upheld, he can still avoid serving prison time by demanding a suspension of the sentence (normally allowed for prison terms of under three years).
Parliament on Wednesday passed a law allowing for prison sentences of as long as three years for "vandalism" motivated by politics or ideology.
Three prisons, two open (one of which houses young offenders) and one medium security prison (which houses sex offenders), were excluded from the study due to funding reasons as the review budget did not allow for 14 prison visits.
In remarks to the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Holder said he also favors diverting people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment and community service programs and expanding a prison program to allow for release of some elderly, non-violent offenders.
A social capital instrument designed specifically for the prison environment would allow for better exploration of the ways in which social capital influences and interacts with prisoners' lives in prison.
Holder's blueprint included plans to divert low-level drug offenders to treatment and community service programs and implement an expanded prison program to allow for the release of some elderly, non-violent offenders.
A total of 42 states allow for some form of copay for non-emergency, patient-initiated visits with jail or prison medical staff, according to the report that the nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative published Wednesday.
Federal sex trafficking laws allow for life in prison if the victim is under 14 years of age.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the CIA established secret prisons to hold detainees and to allow for the use of harsh interrogation methods.
In addition, lax security allowed for frequent prison escapes; in 1854 more than 80 prisoners broke out of San Quentin.
