It beggars belief that courts jail such disturbed women, yet the judiciary would no doubt point to the lack of alternatives for women who are a danger to themselves and others.
Interventions like alternatives to incarcerations, problem-solving courts, jail diversion programs and supportive housing are all innovations of recent American social policy that are proven to make communities safer, while reducing the use of costly emergency systems and saving public funds.
Avoid courts, jail time, or prison by resisting the temptation.
Instead, on August 3rd, Fiji's courts jailed Laisenia Qarase, the prime minister deposed in the 2006 coup.
Last week, the courts jailed PC Keith Wallis for a series of extravagant lies about what happened in Downing Street.
Paranoia is a relatively simple problem in communities which enjoy police laws, courts, jails, hospitals and doctors.
Last year, military courts jailed two people under the law, one for 30 years and the other for 28, for posts on Facebook.
According to the Ministry of Finance report, combined spending by central and local governments, including the People's Armed Police, courts, jails and other areas of domestic security, will rise by 8.7 percent to 769 billion renminbi, or $123.5 billion.
The N.Y.P.D. is, of course, only one part of the city's criminal-justice system: high numbers of low-level arrests and summonses strain resources for courts, jails, and taxpayers.
In August last year, military courts jailed two people under the law, one for 30 years and the other for 28 years, the heaviest sentences for the crime in the country's history, for Facebook posts.
The "criminal justice system" refers to the broad system of courts, jails, and probation departments within a county.
