July  2003

News You Can Use

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 Letters From Prison: Davenport, The Jailhouse Lawyer
http://www.sierratimes.com/03/07/28/blanton.htm

From death row, a message of hope
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/31/Northpinellas/From_death_row__a_mes.shtml

Growing prison population is growing problem for cash-strapped states
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20030727-1032-prisonpopulation.html

Number Of Prisoners Rises as Crime Drops
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53979-2003Jul27.html

Free State Prisoners Awarded Certificates of Achievement
http://allafrica.com/stories/200307240803.html

Justice Ministry ordered prisons to end deceitful work schemes
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=268063

Job seekers finding work at area prisons
http://www.nbc25.com/Global/story.asp?S=1379377&nav=0aMJH9j4

Alarm bells for US prisons
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,208947-1-9,00.html

Prisoners' right to vote heads back to state court
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030726/northwest/60960.shtml

Three statements from prisoners to the Break the Chains conference.
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/07/26/1263363

Prisoners 'urinate in vans'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3088889.stm

Justice Slaps Itself Around Over Treatment of Prisoners
http://independent.org/tii/news/030724ONeil.html

Naked prisoners out there for everyone to see
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/strange/072203_ap_sn_prisoners.html

Ex-prisoners back segregation calls
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=426627

Care for prisoners
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jul/07212003/opinion/opinion.asp

Prisoner call blocking goes ahead
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-07-26-0020.html

Colorado's prisons: boomtowns with bars
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_2137098,00.html

Rankings list for British prisons sparks outcry
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,201640,00.html

Prisons to reduce hepatitis treatment
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/6369952.htm

Inmate artist revisits prison mural for first time in 50 years
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6392793.htm

Pain medication cut his prison term
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2012852

Reform Plan Targets Prison Rape
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48647-2003Jul25.html

Prison inmate sets sights on the Olympics
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/6385983.htm

Lord Archer Will Speak To Prison Reform Group
http://www.thisisbristol.com/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=86419&command=displayContent&sourceNode=86416&contentPK=6457600

They've Paid Their Debt; Let Them Vote
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-uggen18jul18,1,2380280.story?coll=la-news-comment

Prisoners at home soaring
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/19/1058545628919.html

Prisoners pay for new school books
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/3076547.stm

Alabama Moves Female Prisoners Away From Children
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1455

Funding for out-of-county prisoners disappears with rising in-county convictions
http://pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1058478564290060.xml

'Record' suicides among women prisoners
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3069793.stm

TG Prisoner Allowed To Sue For Surgery
http://www.365gay.com/NewsContent/071803tgPrisoner.htm

Are Iowa's prisons fair to minorities?
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/21788598.html

Prisons face dire fiscal future
http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/2692846p-2496734c.html

Cramped prisons, cramped funding
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1459&dept_id=155743&newsid=9557690&PAG=461&rfi=9

Iowa Prisons To Add 300 New Beds
http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/2329083/detail.html

No condoms for prisons
http://www.nationmalawi.com/articles.asp?articleID=5165

'More prisons not the answer to overcrowding'
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=15&art_id=vn20030708101137370C319751&set_id=1

Our crime figures do prove one thing: prison works
http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/07/20/do2002.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/07/20/ixopinion.html

Crowding may cost prison certification
http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/03/07/36234643.shtml?Element_ID=36234643

F1 Drivers Impressed By Pioneering Prison Training Scheme
http://www.carpages.co.uk/toyota/toyota_f1_drivers_impressed_by_pioneering_prison_training_scheme_18_07_03.asp?v=1

Estancia Prison May Fill Up
http://www.mountainviewtelegraph.com/63028mtnview07-17-03.htm

Promise Keepers visits prison
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/news/stories/20030719/localnews/607087.html

Random drug testing in prison to be enforced
http://www.fortsaskatchewanrecord.com/story.php?id=68323

Number of prisoners in England at record level
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/content_objectid=13168046_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Number-of-prisoners-at-record-level-name_page.html

New York State prisoners exempt from sales tax
http://www.10nbc.com/news.asp?template=item&story_id=8212

Prisoners Released From Overcrowded Jail
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2323938/detail.html

Virginia CARES lost all state funding
http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story152147.html

600 prisoners treated for food-borne illness
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1985837

Woman marries prisoner who gave her his kidney
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_11-7-2003_pg9_16

Outcry forces prisons to pull plug on TV satellite porn
http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=DEC547EF-E225-41C3-AA00-E0B70FFEC570

Behind Bars, Pricey 'Public' Artwork In Prisons
http://www.kirotv.com/investigations/2325141/detail.html

Prisons crack down on pen pals Dos Reis' Web page leads to increased security measures
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-penpals2jul10,0,6945827.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines

Safe-tattoo program planned for prisons
http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=prison20030708

Activists lean on state to cut prisons during budget crisis
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1495956,00.html

Cuts mean hard time for prisons
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/6254017.htm

Prison proposes revised punishment system
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2003/07/11/build/local/40-prisonpunishment.inc

Russia's Putin opposes prison for economic crimes
http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/newswire/2003/07/11/rtr1023201.html

Prison chic hits German fashion market
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3059371.stm

Air conditioning, food draw rave reviews at out-of-state prison
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1058001301131790.xml

Jury Prospect Found Excluded Solely on Race
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139935362

DNA Registry Can Be Applied Retroactively
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139926512

Time-Tripping Over Prosecution Standards
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139920004

Some prisoners taking advantage of educational opportunities in jail
http://www.gwinnettdailyonline.com/GDP/archive/article257740CE4A6F44A6971509F55A787FC3.asp

Don't scrimp on prisoner pay
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_2089314,00.html

Hepatitis Could Be Problem In Prisons
http://www.onnnews.com/story.php?record=25249

Woman leaving jampacked prisons get $10, bus ticket, little else
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030704/APN/307040707&cachetime=5

Addicted To Prisons
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/newstand/re.aspx?reIDx=df46aa2b-ef43-4e70-b2c1-86cdcaaa3194

The business of prisons is business
http://www.snitch.com/000243.html

A National Disgrace in the Nation's Prisons
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=%5CCommentary%5Carchive%5C200307%5CCOM20030702e.html

More prisons offer parenting programs
http://news9sanantonio.com/content/living/parenting/?ArID=2492&SecID=9

Dell to Stop Using Prison Workers
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/04/technology/04DELL.html?ex=1057896000&en=d6404b259a50ab31&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

Girls Prison Must Find New Ways To Control Inmates
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGAPK5S4RHD.html