Sentence examples for prisoners occupied from inspiring English sources

Between 200 and 350 prisoners occupied the rooftop of the main prison during the night.

The inspectors also found that in most units there were too few activities to keep prisoners occupied.

The gardens are among an increasing number of programs aimed at keeping prisoners occupied while teaching them skills.

He said his soldiers had regained control of two houses and the holdout prisoners occupied only one building.

Outside the migrants' cage, a similar number of Libyan prisoners occupy a less crowded network of rooms.

Former prisoners occupy an especially disadvantaged position in the labor market, partly because of characteristics they had prior to being incarcerated and partly because their contact with the criminal justice system has further damaged their job prospects.

About 4,000 prisoners occupy the main facility, with some 300 more residing at the camp.

The city's 7,000 prisoners occupy another square, ten miles north, in four compounds run at a profit by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a $3.4 billion publicly traded corporation based in Nashville, Tennessee, with more than 70 prisons in 20 states.

It could also save up to 79,740 prison-bed years — each one equal to one federal prisoner occupying a prison bed for a year.

Although the Alcatraz penitentiary was able to house 450 convicts in cells that measured about 10 by 4.5 feet (3 by 1.5 metres), no more than 250 prisoners ever occupied the island at one time.

Although Alcatraz was able to house 450 convicts in cells that measured about 10 feet by 4.5 feet (3 metres by 1.5 metres), no more than 250 prisoners ever occupied the island at one time.