Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun pl] cell " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is no wonder , when so many police officers appear to be doing the duties which prison officers should be doing and so many prisoners are placed in police cells . |
| 2 | In 1999 , the average daily number of remand prisoners ( including those detained in police cells ) was 10,470 , more than double the 1976 figure of 5,090 ( Home Office , 1977b , 1990f ) . |
| 3 | Mr. Bell was taken to a police station in Liverpool and detained in police cells overnight . |
| 4 | AN INVESTIGATION launched after a 37-year-old man died in police cells should be completed by the end of the month , police say . |
| 5 | Young people should have the right of independent counselling , and should not be held in police cells . |
| 6 | They were held in police cells until bail was arranged . |
| 7 | A crisis of inmate unrest , with recurrent rooftop protests or rioting ; a staff crisis , with the Prison Officers ' Union forcing thousands of prisoners to be held in police cells ; above all , a numbers crisis , with successive Home Secretaries announcing , at various times , that the breaking point of the system would be reached when the prison population passed the 40,000 , or the 44,000 , or the 50,000 mark . |
| 8 | I refer to figures published by the Minister on 12 November , in which she sets out the number of prisoners currently held in police cells . |
| 9 | The figures given to me show that there are 1,719 prisoners held in police cells . |
| 10 | What does the Minister intend to do about the 1,719 prisoners who are being held in police cells ? |
| 11 | Home Secretary , Kenneth Baker has said he does not now believe it would be right to continue with the proposed closures because of the entirely unacceptable numbers of prisoners held in police cells . |
| 12 | This means that for the forseeable future , prisoners remanded in custody by magistrates , will have to be held in police cells until a jail place becomes available . |
| 13 | And last night it emerged that the man was being held in police cells because there was n't enough space for him at Durham prison . |
| 14 | He was being held in police cells because there was no room for him at Durham prison . |
| 15 | Two months after the 1990 riot , Lord escaped while being held in police cells in Bolton awaiting transfer to Wakefield prison . |