Last Monday morning, I took two subways and a bus to get to an immense floating jail barge anchored off the eastern shore of the Bronx.
It may seem irrational on many levels that the transit workers' union would even consider going on strike tomorrow when its leaders and the rank and file face an injunction, immense fines, possible jail sentences and the public's wrath.
A man has been jailed for "immense" animal cruelty after 18 malnourished horses and ponies were discovered in sheds without food or water.
Spending just a few days in jail can cause immense collateral damage, including loss of employment, benefits, public assistance and opportunity.
Ontario's corrections minister David Orazietti, who oversees the province's 26 jails, has faced immense scrutiny after it was revealed that Adam Capay, a 24-year-old Indigenous man, had been held alone in a plexiglass cell in the Thunder Bay jail for four years awaiting trial.
Each has been accused of exploiting his virtually unbridled control over the immense budget for the largest local jail east of the Mississippi.
They're in jail, holding strong against immense pressure from family, friends and the Israeli government.
While in jail, Ravinder Jeet underwent immense physical and mental torture by the authorities, did not receive a single hearing in court but rather four postponements, and then was suddenly released in late April with all charges dropped.
There is but one reason the Plaquemines jail was rebuilt on endangered land, with needless capacity, at immense cost: The sheriff wanted it that way.
Early release from jail, secured by his family, may have saved him but came at an immense price: exile from Cuba.
The founder of a mutual fund, he had been jailed in Switzerland for defrauding investors, and upon his release lived in immense style in London and Los Angeles.
