Sentence examples for proportion of prisons from inspiring English sources

The proportion of prisons whose performance is "of concern" or "of serious concern" according to the National Offender Management Service has risen from 13% in 2012-13, to 23% in 2013-14.

A significant proportion of prison fatalities, however, were deaths due to natural causes among an ageing prison population.

Those categorised as problematic drug users constitute a substantial proportion of prison populations in Europe.

But when the prison population continues to rise and the proportion of prisoners with mental illness rises with it, the task is hard.

Hepatitis C has been shown to be endemic in Irish prisons [ 9] and substance misuse is an underlying problem for a large proportion of prisoners [ 10].

Even if private prisons account for a relatively small proportion of the prison population, that they are allowed to exist at all is an indictment of our system.

"I'm talking about a very large proportion of the prison population".

Since 2000, the proportion of the prison population made up of whites and blacks had declined slightly; the share of Hispanics increased.

Several justices expressed concern that this definition swept too broadly and could make a substantial proportion of the prison population subject to prolonged confinement.

She has another four weeks to do – could you please help?" These women represent a not insignificant proportion of the prison population who are not a "danger to the public".

Her play is also much inspired by the work that she had now embarked on, as a trained addiction counsellor to the alcoholics and addicts who make up such a large proportion of our prison system.