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Lawmakers question prison products http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/083103/loc_083103008.shtml Maximizing Security in Prisons http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2527-2003Aug29.html Torture at the Push of a Button http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56565-2003Aug27.html Prisoner saves captor http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,7114805%5E663,00.html San Francisco man freed from prison after 13 years http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/08/29/state2057EDT0153.DTL Meter runs while judge blocks prison shutdown http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/08/30/loc_oh-prisonclosing30.html State: Special prison needed for mentally ill http://www.idahostatesman.com/story.asp?ID=47971 Prisons take ax to rehab programs http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6654478.htm Serving as spiritual mothers to prisoners http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/living/6651456.htm Prisons overcrowded twice over http://www.ippmedia.com/guardian/2003/08/29/guardian1.asp Advocates: Abuse of inmates tolerated in Bay State prisons http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/local_regional/ap_inmates08292003.htm Call for jails for pensioner prisoners http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/dailypost/content_objectid=13345757_method=full_siteid=50020_headline=-Call-for-jails-for-pensioner-prisoners-name_page.html Report calls prison HIV Unit Unsafe for Patients and Staff http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=1420725 More prisoners, less crime http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/08/28/more_prisoners_less_crime/ Governor Orders Review Of Healthcare In Ohio Prisons http://www.onnnews.com/story.php?record=26331 Prisons have mixed results on race equality http://www.epolitix.com/data/html/news/EPX-NEWS/articles/000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800AA002FC45A0900A56F84C9D8EDD111A102006097C4CD0D0000000B18030000238FC1C7798E1040A0F463339140C66D000000D8D4EE0000.htm Prisoners' Right to Vote Delays Bill http://allafrica.com/stories/200308270190.html Give ex-prisoners a voice http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-08-26-our-view_x.htm Prisoner advocate banned for inmate relationship http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20030827/localnews/135330.html Report Alleges Abuse, Rape At Youth Prisons http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/2435887/detail.html New Hampshire Prisons Review Protective Custody Policies http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/2434993/detail.html Tenn. Prison Industry Benefits Inmates, Taxpayers http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=1415431 State to conduct probe on prison policies http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1415955 Sick prisoners in Ohio often wait for care, inquest finds http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/6612276.htm Prisons plagued with Hepatitis C http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/arts_lifestyle/health/prisons08252003.htm 9th Circuit: Judges Have Say in Setting Bail http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1061487935419 Prison Can Be ‘A Living Hell’ for Pedophiles http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/WorldNewsTonight/prison_status030826.html Caps affect quality of prison doctors, probe finds http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/6619397.htm After 17 Years in Prison, DNA Evidence Finds Missouri Inmate Did Not Commit Three Rapes http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA6TBRXSJD.html Duty of care in prisons http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1029179,00.html Prisoners not getting mosquito repellent http://www.9news.com/storyfull-newsroom.asp?id=17918 Prison: elderly inmates cost state up to $70,000 a year apiece http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1061750042194571.xml Prison band draws novice singers, players for gigs http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/25Aug2003_news19.html Faith-based program visits Coldwater prison as part of Michigan campaign http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/news/stories/20030823/localnews/113735.html Scandal tarnishes Lackawanna County Prison http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10052791&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6 Officials remain mum on details of prison attack http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/082303/new_20030823029.shtml Inmates to produce buns for school district http://www.pjstar.com/news/topnews/b0hs88ld033.html Ex-corrections officer sentenced for sex with prisoners http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/6595637.htm 'Puppies, prisoners' piece opened victims' wounds http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1061639858140400.xml Florida Prisons: Private Profit Centers http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030823/NEWS/308230325/1036 Call to ban strip searches in women's prisons http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/metqld-23aug2003-5.htm Trading fraud for faith http://sptimes.com/2003/08/20/Neighborhoodtimes/Trading_fraud_for_fai.shtml Prisoner admits he's the daddy http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1027204,00.html The Wrong Man: The prosecution of Detective Jeffrey Scott Hornoff http://www.projo.com/extra/2003/hornoff/ Urgent plea for political prisoner Jeff 'Free' Luers http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/08/20/7428630 Panel: Services before prisons http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/regional/40488 Davis's Political Prisoners http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16626 Drugs Add Up in Prisons http://www.am850.com/main.asp?News_Id=7899 Too many are jailed for victimless crimes http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Aug-19-Tue-2003/opinion/21969999.html State prison rolls swollen by drug convictions http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fprisons19aug19,1,7707151.story?coll=sfla-news-florida Prisons bulging, drug offenders causing biggest increase http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030818/APN/308180875 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-asecprisons18081803aug18,0,4187520.story?coll=orl-news-headlines SA's private prisons are found to be a costly waste http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=209481 Trust believes smoking ban in prisons unrealistic http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=77728482&p=777z9y88 No cash for colleges, but plenty for prisons http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/16/State/No_cash_for_colleges_.shtml Alabama prisons struggle with overcrowding, underfunding http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/106111207551180.xml Study: One in 37 has ‘prison experience’ http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/6557225.htm Federal Mandatory Sentences ARE Unconstitutional http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson75.html Puppies, prisoners learn life lessons http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1061043954187161.xml Judge Rules Summit County Jail Doesn’t Violate Prisoners Rights http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2404935/detail.html Vermont prisoners likely to be moved out of Virginia http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/newengla2003/vt__prisoners_virgini_2003.shtml Tennessee company to provide health care to Pa. prisoners http://www.observer-reporter.com/278386187980219.bsp Prisoners construct wood shop http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0308/13/m18.html Zimbabwe's starving prisoners face life of hell http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=206225 Council cans prisoner halfway house http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,6948135%255E14787,00.html Prisoner loses bid for marijuana http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=ECD668F9-5128-48D9-86AD-8EA0FE3597E6 If it's prisons, we're suddenly big spenders http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/6534490.htm Smuggled drugs in prisons targeted http://timesargus.nybor.com/Regional_News/Story/70141.html New plans, policies for prisons in study stage http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=local&story_id=081403d2_doc Lawmakers debate prisons and other issues http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-13184616.apds.m0185.bc-ct--stataug13,0,2447751.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire Lawmakers Clear $66 Million for Prisons http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030814/NEWS/308140347/1039 http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030813/APN/308130817 More women in S.D. prisons http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/08/14/news/state/top/state01.txt Prisons adjust to accommodating older inmates http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1016191&t=Nation+%2F+World&c=26,1016191 Alternatives to prisons sought http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/030811prisons.shtml Convict Leaves Prison With Hopes of Winning Track Gold Mental http://www2.kval.com/x30530.xml?ParentPageID=x2649&ContentID=x41760&Layout=kval.xsl&AdGroupID=x30530 Prison committee sets second public meeting http://www.lamardaily.com/Stories/0,1413,121%257E7979%257E1570776,00.html State looking at treatment outside prison http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/08/15/news/state/state02.txt Prison population experiences Promise Keepers http://www.chillicothegazette.com/news/stories/20030814/localnews/61397.html http://www.marionstar.com/news/stories/20030813/localnews/55634.html Group backs kin of inmates http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0803/06prisons.html Justice Kennedy Speaks Out http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/opinion/12TUE2.html Justice Kennedy Attacks U.S. Sentencing Measures http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3250907 Inmates thankful for prison religion http://www.thenewsstar.com/html/911C4257-C8A6-485C-932E-6FFBCF84B546.shtml Why are girls still put in adult prisons? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3125211.stm Editorial Column: Prisons gobble public money http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2003/08/01/build/safety/inmatecost-op.php?nnn=5 Hawai'i to ship more prisoners to Mainland http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Aug/10/ln/ln10a.html Prisoners mold pooches in the pen http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/South/08/07/prison.pooches.ap/ Prisoners raise 1,900 for Big Brothers & Big Sisters http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=9974898&BRD=2311&PAG=461&dept_id=482260&rfi=6 Visiting hours at state's prisons to be cut http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/6465461.htm Prisoners Allegedly Beaten in Ill. Jail http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-jail-violence,0,2601226.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines Pregnant Prisoners http://www.ktnv.com/news/aug03/160694.asp Fee, cost-cutting proposals on prisoners draw fire http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=3540&cat=HOME Heat wave grips German jails: Rising aggression among prisoners http://www.irna.ir/en/head/030807181753.ehe.shtml Early parole for thousands of prisoners http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=15&art_id=vn20030806060247307C826883&set_id=1 Badly ill inmates may get freedom http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0803/07prisoners.html Quranic Education imparted To 450 Prisoners http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=34473 Prisoner Sues Over Secondhand Smoke http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/news/2382950/detail.html Mississippi's Female Prisoner Population Booms http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/416327.html Legal Aid Council DG blames police, courts for prisons congestion http://www.gamji.com/dg06082003.htm Come clean on prisons crisis http://www.conservatives.com/news/article.cfm?obj_id=68836 Inmates multiply, crowd prisons http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/08/08-05-03tdc/08-05-03dnews-03.asp 'Longer jail terms will not reduce crime' http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/6123648?source=Evening%20Standard Inmate rise called largest since 1999 http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/6400702.htm 2nd Circuit: Habeas Writ Is for Custody Challenge Only http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1059980434232

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