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July 6


Inmate release notices offered

Prisoners can make love too, ICTR rules

Project aids female prisoners in Africa

Condoms to inmates still unacceptable

Licensing Plan Assists Inmates

Inmates translate books to Braille for blind kids

Freedom Of Expression

Faith-Based Prisons: A Primer

Aging inmates add to prison strain in Calif.
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July 5


Toronto detention centres unsanitary, inmate testifies

Program Aims to Curb Violence by Inmates

Former death row inmate celebrates his independence
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Groups Rally for Accountability in Inmate Death
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Prisoners' terms cut for quake work
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Critically-ill prisoner wants to go home

Prisons in quake zone offer reunion visits to prisoners

Vardy wants to build prisons

Severe overcrowding in prisons

Save the country from prison shame

Female Inmate Fire Camp in LA County

Washington justices say public records can be kept from inmates
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Exonerated by DNA, Patrick Waller is released from prison
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Protective vests coming for federal prison guards
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July 4


County inmate crew saves town $90,000

Inmate Released After 22 Years On Death Row
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Zimbabwe: Consider Parole for Prisoners

Jail terms cut for China's prisoner quake heroes: official media
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PA legislature mulls bill on early prisoner release

Community measures 'to cut crime'
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Muscat tours prisons, calls for more resources

Iowa prisons house fewer inmates

The future of life behind bars
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Who Will Die?: Computer Predicts Which Death Row Inmates Will Be Executed


July 3


Former death row inmate in Tennessee freed on bail after 22 years, faces retrial
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Prison baseball team gives inmates a focus beyond their cells

'The Fonz' in dog house after biting inmates
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Prisons focus on rehabilitation programs

The great Scottish prisons gamble

Crime And Punishment

Addiction: A 'Meth Prison' Movement

South Africa: Rape Incidents At Correctional Disturbing, Says Commissioner

Self-harming in prisons: the gruesome truth

Iowa prisons house fewer inmates
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County jailhouse rocks high school diploma exam

California to Desegregate Prison Cells, After Long Legal Battle
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July 2


Prisons hit by lack of veteran staff

Titan prison hopes fade

Scottish Prisons Commission
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How do we stop rape in prisons?
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Sheriff Using 309 Prisoners to Save Taxpayers Money

Prisoner death 'vigilante justice,' county official says
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Prison numbers 'must be tackled'
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Editorial: Death penalty system requires a major overhaul

California's death penalty process is 'dysfunctional,' panel finds
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Corrections officer accused of touching female inmates

Inmates Clear Beetle Kill, Clear Hurdle To Freedom

N.Y. Man Exonerated After 17 Yrs. in Prison
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July 1


Judges scorn American-style sentencing to control prison overcrowding

Prisons take fresh look at conservation
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Prisons - Dental care – Negligence – 8th Amendment

Happy Birthday Youth Justice Board

Call to give councils control over youth jails
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