Sentence examples for state of prisons from inspiring English sources

It has come at great personal cost as their activists languish in the shocking state of prisons even for prisoners on trial.

"We're seriously concerned about the state of prisons, not just with the high levels of violence, but the now regular theme of rioting which is spreading," he said.

The challenge he faces over the state of prisons is more immediate, with jails in England and Wales holding a near-record 85,743 inmates and  with increasing levels  of suicide, self-harm, attacks on staff and sexual assaults.

This would be welcome, and certainly better than reverting to simplistic, failed strategies of more officers and longer sentences for offenders (even more worrying given the truly shocking state of prisons at present).

Increasing privatisation has generated an incentive to fill prisons, says Muggah, with "little concern expressed by the Brazilian public [about] the state of prisons, their conditions or the inmates".

The killing of the young father prompted calls for an inquiry into the state of prisons in England and Wales, with his family accusing the jail of neglecting him.

Earlier this summer, I linked to a KQED Health Dialogues show on the state of prison health care in California.

But the state of prison education today is no laughing matter.

Now a criminal justice consultant working in Dorset, he has strong views on the state of prison education.

We briefly review key explanations of incarceration, report on the current state of prison privatization and prison industrialization, examine the impact they have on organized labor, and propose union strategies in fighting against the expansion of corporate power in the correctional industry.

I hope you give the state of our prisons (especially prison education) priority.