penal system

collocation in English

meaningsofpenalandsystem

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penal
adjective
uk
/ˈpiː.nəl/us
/ˈpiː.nəl/
of or relating to punishment given ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofpenalandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the modernpenalsystem, the body is incarcerated and made the subject of an economy of suspended rights.
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And yet, the changes of thepenalsystemdid not go as far as this kind of statement would suggest.
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Juvenile offenders were not even an issue for a judicial andpenalsystemthat provided almost nothing specific for youth.
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From this point onwards, supervision and control became the most important elements in thepenalsystem.
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Two central chapters deal with debt and imprisonment, again stressing the continuity of medieval customary privileges and conventions for some debtors inside the emerging reformedpenalsystem.
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The fact that the prisoner will gradually internalize a supervisor's gaze, and so will slowly become his own keeper, is an important element in thispenalsystem.
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The use of police and court cells to hold prisoners is one of the most worrying day-to-day problems in thepenalsystem.
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Therefore, one of the matters which we must look at is the whole of ourpenalsystem.
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They will not all have talked to prison governors or people otherwise connected with thepenalsystem.
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How is that to be done with the present prison staffing and the resources that we give to thepenalsystem?
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The question of law and order and ourpenalsystemis far too important and in far too worrying a state for anything else.
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We must improve upon those procedures by facing up to the problem of what thepenalsystemis intended to achieve.
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They directly affect all those involved in the prison services as well as the community-based services which work with offenders and thepenalsystem.
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I agree that offenders should be in prison if there is no alternative for them in thepenalsystem.
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To sum up, the success of parole, which implies its full integration into ourpenalsystem, depends on the following factors.
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Thepenalsystemprevents crime in exactly the same way as an umbrella prevents rain, or face powder would prevent smallpox.
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But you cannot ever get in apenalsystemperfectly tidy administrative arrangements: there will be loose ends occasionally.
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I do not believe that anyone who has made a study of ourpenalsystemwould talk of it as reformatory.
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Human degradation on this totally unacceptable scale stokes up the fires of inmate discontent and may bring about a breakdown of thepenalsystem.
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The object of apenalsystemis the protection of the community against the law breaker.
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