Sentence examples for prison violence from inspiring English sources

Prison experts, like Mississippi's commissioner of corrections, Christopher Epps, have become vocal proponents of reducing prison violence by treating prisoners more humanely, including ending long-term solitary confinement.

And an increase in prison violence "comes home with prisoners after they are released and with corrections officers at the end of each day's shift.

Affective conditions are associated with an enhanced risk for prison violence and recidivism [ 9], while alcoholism is frequently found among prisoners [ 11].

Prison violence, it turns out, is not simply an issue of a few belligerents.

The recent prison violence came as a result of raids aimed at stopping hunger strikes.

He said that the "current levels of prison violence, drug-taking and self-harm should shame us all".

And prison violence – whether it's inflicted by guards or inmates – has been correlated with more post-release crime.

Both organisations highlight longer waits for A&E and cancer treatment, a 40% rise in delays transferring people from hospitals to social care and a sharp rise in prisons violence for evidence of the pressure on services.

Furthermore, future research should assess specifically, whether the PCL-R is useful to predict instrumental in-prison violence, rather than trying to assess if it can predict in-prison violence in general.

The ratio of mental health professionals to inmates of 1 24 can be considered high and could also be a relevant factor in reducing in-prison violence.

Another recent study from Switzerland showed that the Violence Risk-Appraisal Guide (VRAG) [ 38] also failed to predict violent infractions [ 39], indicating that not only the PCL-R is problematic when it comes to predicting in-prison violence.