Sentence examples for prisons compared to from inspiring English sources

In 1980 there were only around 50,000 prisoners in California prisons, compared to more than 160,000 today.

In a recent report by the US Department of Justice, 40percentt of transgender prisoners reported sexual victimization in state and federal prisons, compared to 4percentt of the general population.

African-American males are overrepresented in private prisons compared to public prisons.

Brandon Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, pointed out that under the current guidelines, there is still "no comparison" between the severity of drug sentences and white collar sentences, nor the number of drug offenders in federal prisons compared to those in for economic crimes.

Our findings showed that there is a significant relation to delay between the referring time to a doctor, diagnosis, and treatment in prisons; compared to ordinary people (P = 0.02), the weakness in diagnosis and referring system in prisons can be the reason for such problem.

Research has shown that the likelihood of reoffending is 39% higher for prisoners who had not received visits while in prison compared to those who had.

So far, the results are promising: interim figures released by Britain's Ministry of Justice earlier this year found a 6% decrease from 2010 to 2012 in reconvictions for those released from the prison compared to a 16% increase nationally for the same period.

The French may defer to power, and Americans may be less respectful to authorities, and this may well be part of the reason why a huge proportion of Americans are in prison compared to France — and why there is so much more crime in America.

Roughly 1 of 15 African American males go to prison compared to 1 of 106 white males.

According to a report co-authored by the National Sheriff's Association, mentally ill individuals in California are over three times more likely to be in jail or prison compared to a hospital.

Project Rebound's own data reveal that only 3% of its students return to prison, compared to the statewide recidivism rate of 65%, one of the highest in the nation.