Sentence examples for introduced imprisonment from inspiring English sources

Then the Government introduced imprisonment without trial and some Catholics quit in protest.

The shootings, in which 10 people were killed, took place in Ballymurphy as the government introduced internment - imprisonment without trial.

Aug 1971 The government introduces internment - imprisonment without trial - in Northern Ireland in a bid to restore order.

Several other countries have introduced life imprisonment for human traffickers, but Britain's home secretary has said the UK legislation will be among the first of its kind.

Inspired by my office, many countries have introduced alternatives to imprisonment for people caught in possession of drugs.

And in Belgium, a law passed in 2014 introduced considerable fines and imprisonment of up to one year for street harassment crimes.

But, if we are not going to accept the possibility of rehabilitation and reassimilation into society after crime, then life imprisonment must be introduced for all offences.

The US government recently removed the Gambia from a trade agreement in response to a range of human rights abuses – including a law introduced last year that imposed life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.

The 2014 act introduced a penalty of life imprisonment for Australians found to have entered a foreign country with the intention of engaging in hostile activities, and also granted the government the authority to declare certain regions illegal for Australians to visit without an approved reason – an offence that carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

And tougher sentences were introduced of between 12 to 30 years' imprisonment for violence charges.

Upon further questioning, Quantico staffers acknowledged that the severity of the charge – although not yet formally introduced by the government – also warranted harsher imprisonment.