Sentence examples for prison funds from inspiring English sources

After the trials, the warden secured Hezekiah Brown's pardon and release, using prison funds to pay for his campaign for clemency.

Trump also accepted private prison funds on the campaign trail: The private prison company GEO Group contributed $150,000 to the pro-Trump Super PAC Rebuild America Now.

Previously, states not in compliance with the law were subject to a 5percentt penalty on some prison funds but could avoid being docked if they promised to implement standards in the future.

Previously, states not in compliance with the law were subject to a 5percentt penalty on some prison funds but could avoid being docked if they promised to implement standards in the future.

Deep cuts to prison funding means staff are no longer able to spend enough time helping prisoners such as Sarah Reed, the mentally ill woman found dead in her cell last month, prison officers leaders have said.

In January Deval Patrick, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts, launched a state-wide initiative designed to keep young men out of prison, funded by social-impact bonds or "pay for success" bonds, which could save $25m to $38m in prison costs over four years.

The latest prison safety figures show that assaults on staff and inmates had risen 40% in the past year to 65 a day, while there are record levels of prison suicides and self-harm – although previous ministers did not accept there was a link between prison funding and people killing themselves in jail.

Some advocates pointed to her previous efforts lobbying for 1994 crime legislation pushed by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, which authorized $9.7 billion to prison funding and included tougher sentencing provisions that partly contributed to the US's mass incarceration crisis.

The savings from keeping people out of prison will fund anti-truancy, mental health and drug treatment programs.

Memorial gifts may be given to Thea Jackson Memorial Prison Ministry Fund in care of the First Presbyterian Church of Katonah.

Following a stint in a Kuwaiti prison for funding terrorist activities, he landed in Iran, where the Treasury Department said he was soon leading an Iranian al-Qaeda cell.