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Of the 1,000 inmates in the house of correction, he said as the debate opened, 42 percent have some form of mental illness and 70 percent have an alcohol or drug problem.

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If convicted, the men face a $1,000 fine and/or two years in a house of correction.

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Both boys were sent to a house of correction with the approval of their parents.

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The judge sentenced Washburn to 2½ years in a house of correction, with one year already served.

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Rembrandt retaliated by accusing her of pawning some of Saskia's jewellery, and later got her sent to a house of correction.

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