Sentence examples for fewer prisons from inspiring English sources

The opposite is no less real - fewer prisons means safer communities and less crime.

Whether or not greater income equality, better health, and fewer prisons would really be a dystopian nightmare, McConnell's vision of "the Europeanization of America" has already come true in a way that bears directly on the question of "bipartisanship": what might be called America's parliamentary parties have come to resemble their disciplined European counterparts.

If we include access to culture, it would make Europeans look even better off.Julian KaraguesianOttawaSIR Mr Gordonon says that Europeans' living standards are higher than represented by GDP because they have more leisure time, fewer prisons, less air conditioning and better mass transportation.

But we need fewer prisons, jails, and detention centers, not more.

As Hendrik Hertzberg dryly alluded in the New Yorker, "greater income equality, better health, and fewer prisons" might not be so bad.

It has done it by making fewer prison officers cover more prisoners – the staffing ratio has fallen from one prison officer for every 2.9 prisoners in 2000 to one for every 4.8 prisoners now.

There was more showbiz and glamour, fewer prison visits and lentils.

Bear in mind there are 7,000 fewer prison officers now than there were in 2010 due to budget cuts and a record number of prisoners.

Aynsley-Green's report welcomed improvements made by the border agency, including better facilities for feeding babies, and an improved, less institutional environment, with fewer prison-style uniforms, fewer locked doors, and new classrooms.

Ministry estimates show 3,400 of the 6,000 fewer prison places that will be needed as a result of his sentencing package will come from the plan to increase the maximum available sentence discount from 33%to50%0%.

The sentencing reform package is now expected to lead to only 2,000 fewer prison places, mainly as a result of changes to remand legislation, but the Treasury has not reduced targets for savings.