Sentence examples for proportion of the prison from inspiring English sources

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

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

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

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.

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".

And yet when Hardwick was leaving, he argued forcefully that a large proportion of the prison population simply shouldn't be there because they had mental health problems, or were guilty of minor crimes for which a custodial sentence was actively counterproductive.

Though women represent only a small proportion of the U.S. prison population, their ranks are substantial: around 100,000 in state and federal prisons, on average.

A review of HCV and HBV testing across English prisons between 2005 and 2008 identified that although hepatitis testing had increased only a small proportion (2.4%) of the prison population underwent testing.

By comparison, that figure is more than twice as high as Alabama's black population as a whole (27percentt), and even higher than the proportion of the state's prison population who are African American (54 percent).

Lady Corston said yesterday that a large proportion of the 4,300 women in prison in England and Wales could be better dealt with in community centres which could deal with their problems of mental illness, addiction and history of abuse.

The proportion of prison inmates who were drug users at the time of their arrest increased this decade, while drug treatment in state and Federal prisons fell sharply, according to a study released yesterday by the Justice Department.