Sentence examples for the two jails from inspiring English sources

The disruption in the norm at the two jails resulted from a dispute over the meaning of the stay.

The Prison Service launched an investigation after the chief inspector of prisons, Dame Anne Owers, said she had received information the two jails were transferring difficult prisoners before her inspections in an attempt to ensure they received positive reports.

Judge Arthur N. D'Italia of State Superior Court in Hudson County ruled in March that the two jails must turn over the names of the federal detainees they were holding.

Last week, the Immigration and Naturalization Service abruptly canceled hearings and deportation proceedings for prisoners in the two jails, including those for a number of people who were arrested after Sept. 11 and were desperate to leave the United States after spending up to six months in detention.

Major Chuck Williamson of the county sheriff's office said 12 months has been the longest sentence served in the two jails and prison farm he oversees.

The eight jails he runs serve two meals a day — breakfast and dinner.

City analysts have put the value of running the three jails at £60m a year.

The Albuquerque facility, he said, had the most addicts of the three jails he has helped oversee.

He told MPs that the three jails would now have to meet a new public sector benchmark to reduce costs.

The new justice secretary, Chris Grayling, however, has decided that five of the nine jails in the latest round of prison contracts will be privatised.

In August, however, the city unveiled the location of the four jails that would replace Rikers — one in every borough except Staten Island.