The story could not be more topical, with this account of Aung San Suu Kyi's rise to prominence and subsequent house imprisonment providing a palatable primer for the events unfolding in Burma.
The period of incarceration provides a potential opportunity to intervene and break the cycle of disadvantage and imprisonment, including through education and vocational training, and training in basic financial skills (Vacca 2004; Visher and Travis 2003).
A draft law on "media crimes" presented to the legislature at the end of July makes it an offense, punishable by imprisonment, to provide false information that is deemed to harm the interests of the state or pose a security threat.
AB 2479 provides imprisonment, fines and includes up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine if the crime of reckless driving endangers a child or children's health with the intent to capture a photo, reads the bill.
'Estimating the Cost of Establishing a Probation Service in Albania - draft proposal', OSCE Presence in Albania, 2007 [Word 109kb] Document which examines probation versus imprisonment costs and provides detailed examples of cost calculations and issues to consider in costing exercises.
In fact, at every stage of justice processing, from arrest to imprisonment, policy makers provide alternative routes that allow the offender and the system to avoid the full consequences of the penal law.
– The bill provides for life imprisonment or death for repeat offenders convicted of rape and gang rape.
Another royal order issued today empowers the government to detain suspected terrorists without trial for six months and provides 20 years' imprisonment for convicted terrorists.
The bill provides for life imprisonment for homosexual acts and also makes it a crime not to report gay people.
Latham pointed to Queensland, where the criminal code provides for three years' imprisonment for an offence where a public official acquires or holds a private interest in any contracted agreement with their department.
