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Prison overcrowding could be human rights violation http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,1009,59564,00.html Prison sensory deprivation http://www.sfbayview.com/052803/prisonsensory052803.shtml Prison boot camp parrticipant looks forward to furture http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/05/28/43296.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News More than 2,000 psychologists help Russian prison inmates http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/05/29/47616.html Professor advocates reforming prisons http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/05/30/3ed784b931133 Early inmate releases proposed http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=66965 Pardoned death row inmate sues city of Chicago http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/053003_ns_deathrowinmate.html ACLU: Inmate safety plan flawed http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2003/05/30/news/wyoming/24e3a7bd947ae59df34102c036ef4523.txt Jailers warn of inmate crowding http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1421325,00.html Illegal still in prison tunnel http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,6520213,00.html Former inmate sues Story County Sheriff http://www.amestrib.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2035&dept_id=238097&newsid=8133598&PAG=461&rfi=9 ACLU represented inmate in his appeal: Case of transsexual inmate will be reheard http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story150159.html Inmate medical care strains jail budgets http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/2567371p-2383143c.html A humane approach to prison reform http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/31May2003_news36.html Prison-reform task force to go directly to source http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030520a5.htm Prison reform a long way off for Afghanistan http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0512/p07s01-wosc.html Fed judge allows prisoner presence on Net http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/5_23_03aclu_prison.html Parole head seeks system reform http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/may03/138692.asp Solution to Prison Overcrowding Not in Amnesty, But in Courts http://allafrica.com/stories/200305270266.html Prisoner's writing has him doing longer time http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=994431 Prison Guard Pleads Guilty To Dealing Drugs With Inmates http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=29793 Prison Group Condemns Condom Ban in Swazi Prisons http://allafrica.com/stories/200305240288.html Prisons want Govt to abolish death penalty http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news26052003002.htm Inmates at separate Texas prisons get OK to marry http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1922252 Amnesty to clear prisons? http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1363905,00.html Needle exchange in prisons too risky: Guards http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=32586&catname=Local+News Long Sentences Cause Overcrowding in Prisons: Judge http://allafrica.com/stories/200305240253.html Improving Our Prisons http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=10356 Study Warns of Rising Tide of Released Inmates http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17333-2003May20.html Insights into the Inmate Population http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17684-2003May20.html Prison transfers left up to Montana http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/05/20/build/local/60-prison-transfers.inc Arizona prison ban struck down http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030519-052004-5124r DNA Clears Man After 12 Years in Prison http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/crime/nyc-free0520,0,4608142.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-span Prison abuse probe turns to medical shortcomings http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030521a9.htm Prison overcrowding blamed for bleak conditions http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/display.var.730568.Top+Stories.prison_overcrowding_blamed_for_bleak_conditions.html Prison Tobacco Ban Coming http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=1285285&nav=4QcSFudh Savings on menu for N.C. prison inmates http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5893268.htm Rising prison costs focus of state plan http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/May/19/ln/ln04a.html Real estate trust invests in prisons http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1051389956484 Paroled murderer helps others adjust after prison http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--freedcopkiller0517may17,0,5886957.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire Prison survey highlights abuse factor http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/metqld-17may2003-7.htm Man sent to prison files suit http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/105307742878420.xml Prison ends ‘inhumane’ punishment http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2003/05/15/build/freedoms/punishment.php?nnn=2 Prisons packed, lawsuit claims http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/midsouth_news/article/0,1426,MCA_1497_1964999,00.html Advocates object to new prisons http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2541774p-2360224c.html Court Upholds Law That Child Molesters Must Admit to Crime Before Probation http://www2.sltrib.com/politics/Main/Story.asp?VOL=05142003&NUM=56678 Cash-strapped states cut back on prison food due to budget woes http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/13/prison.food.ap/ http://www.kwtx.com/news/stories/May/05_13/texas_prison_food.htm Prison time gets harder for white-collar crooks http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2003-05-11-bighouse_x.htm Wrongly Convicted Man Plans To Join Legal System http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/2198949/detail.html Your tax dollars at work in prisons http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~158~1378749,00.html Prisons to Be Sold? http://allafrica.com/stories/200305080855.html Alabama's New Prisons' Commissioner Says His Department Will Take Years To Fix http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=1266598&nav=0RdEFfF2 Speedier probes at prisons urged http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/6633458p-7585547c.html Conditions in prisons must not be ignored http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWS/StoryOpinionedpris509web.htm Pardon recommended for woman who spent 20 years in prison http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030509/APN/305090914&cachetime=5 Rationale for prison disappoints http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/10524822109090.xml Prison sentences: Should judges or politicians decide? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3006449.stm Ex-Inmate Sues Over Prison Prayer Group http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030504_27.html Ex-felons can vote if they are out of prison http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=15&ID=98225&r=0 Gov. Gray Davis has approved the parole of a Stockton man who brutally killed a friend during an argument over drug money after a cocaine binge more than 20 years ago. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/04/BA91779.DTL Inmate's rights violated by prison punishment http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/30/montana.inmates.ap/ Prison crowding at record level http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/5_2_03prison.html HIV Prevention, Treatment Needed in Prisons: Report http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=2676149 THIS IS AMERICA - Prisons http://www.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish/article.cfm?objectID=08B75AC5-7FF9-405D-97C30742E421EEB2# Schools Suffer while Prisons Prosper http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/1606672.php

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