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 January 2005
Jon Yoder - News Editor

News You Can Use

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January 31

 Beyond Bars: Ex-inmate a catalyst for program that aims to keep women out of jail

Special program gives counselors time with inmates

Prisoners unite against visiting plan

Aids a big problem in prisons

January 30

 Death penalty opponents gather for prayer, protest

Environmentalist and Political Prisoner - Tre Arrow

Reformation of prisoners, responsibility of all - Prisons Officer

Holocaust horrors couldn't break the spirit of Auschwitz prisoners

January 29

 Prisoners write exam on Gandhi

Styling class behind bars

Prisons to set up factories for convicts

The need for drug rehab for inmates

Brain-Dead Man Incarcerated

January 28

 Courts overturn sentences of death-row inmates

Prisons Dept gets inmates to share tales of remorse

Death row inmate may get new hearing

Palestinian official says Israel agrees to release 900 prisoners

Prisoners should be treated as human beings

January 27

 Probe into young inmate treatment

Hope theater professor's work with inmates subject of documentary

Legislative bill could grant terminally ill inmates parole

Jail food not to inmates' liking

Should British Evangelicals be in prisons?

Maui to Get Inmate Transitional Housing Facility

Rescued from death row

January 26

 Women prisoners from the past

For inmate, hope is a lifeline

Ex-Death Row Inmate Wins Suit Against FBI Agents

State senator wants to revamp youth prisons

Bishop calls for prisons review

State penitentiary ranked among least violent prisons

Consultant: Keep short-timers out of state prisons

Prisoner dies after being restrained

Hope for hunger strike prisoner

January 25

 Records show surge in sexual attacks in prisons

150 prisoners to write exam on Mahatma Gandhi in Thane jail

Jail food better? Not to inmates

Blunt bans video games from prisons

Bill Rammell; Promoting International Reform Of Prisons Is key To Human Rights

New concern over prisoners' blood

Prisoners help with cleanup

A neutral advocate for inmates’ health care

Critics' fears about parole abolition fail to materialize

21 police officers convicted for murder of inmates

News from the San Joaquin Valley

Prison Staff Win Compensation over Inmate's Murder

Cleared inmate seeks focus

Prison Union Files Grievance with State

January 24

 The Short Life of the Feeney Amendment

State prisoners' health care security costs spiral upward

Behave well, prisoners... home minister's watching

Exam for prisoners on Mahatma Gandhi

Local jail could help as prisons run out of room

Inmates use snow to show creative sides

Foundation to place national emphasis on building chapels at prisons

Lawmakers may rethink Measure 11

Crowding strains county jails

POA Partnership Revolutionises Prison Literacy and Combats Mental Health Problems

Prison population set to rise by 15 per cent

Prisoner's Release After 44 Years Reopens a Town's Old Wounds

Prisoner sues for right to sex change

Prisons face tough criticism

Control Unit Prisons (SHU)

January 22

 Family files lawsuit in inmate death

Rockefeller reforms free inmate after 19 years

Ex jailer charged for sex with inmate

Innocent man imprisoned 22 years seeks millions

January 21

 Prisoners to make pub equipment

Inquiry Into Ill-Treatment of Prisoners Announced

California Prisons Put New Focus on Rehabilitation

Uganda: Death row inmates challenge capital punishment

70 percent of inmates have some problem with drugs or alcohol

Bill eyes transition for county inmates

Warders tar prisoner with polish

January 20

 In the name of prison reform

Plan to broadcast death row inmates' lives axed

Mandatory rehabilitation planned for inmates

Corrections officer arrested in inmate's beating

Prisoners fight hanging

Prison Watch On Sensitization Drive

Freedom and the sting of reality

January 19

 Inmate prepares to defend self at trial

Inmate Preforms Heimlich Maneuver to Rescue Sheriff's Deputy

A New Leash on Life initiative in N.C. prisons is a wise tool in rehabilitation

Prisoner's release held up by court

Program matches mentors with daughters of prison inmates

January 18

 Amnesty slams live internet showing of death row inmates

OUT OF PRISON: Programs aim to keep inmates from returning

On Prison Reform - Segregation prospers in the unlikeliest of places

The Prisoner of Conscience: Zhao Ziyang, 1919-2005

January 17

 More than 100 top-security inmates begin hunger strike

Jailbirds' education given top priority in Tihar

Killer freed after 44 years, four juries

US: New Sentencing Battle Looms After Court Decision

US: Wire: High Court: Federal Sentencing System Wrongly Applied

Bikers gather for prayer

Supreme Court Drug Ruling Opens Door for Real Sentencing Reform

Blakely/Booker/Fanfan Decision: What You Can Do

January 16

 Congo inmates starve

Daley wants to forge prisoners to get GED

Death row inmate wins resentencing

Inmates learn how to parent

More discretion for judges

January 14

 City to host transition house for ex-inmates

Officials are aware of issues facing female inmates

Inmate to receive new trial in slaying

Prisons wrong to cut Muslim's beard

Half Belgian prison population is innocent

82,000 prisoners to be granted amnesty in Vietnam: Report

January 13

 Jail guards arrested for having sex with inmates

Jury awards inmates for prison infection

Court gives judges more say over jail time

January 12

 Vineyards build prisoner confidence

Inmate appeals conviction for Indian activist's murder

Ex-inmates win $1.2M lawsuit

Indigenous leader says prisons not the answer

Prisoners' Children Seek Mentors

Prisons Dept Lists 300 for Pardon

January 11

 Martha Sees Sentencing Injustices

Prisoners in India are seeking their voting rights

Death row prisoners are on hunger strike for their human rights

Actress from popular French film 'Betty Blue' has married a prisoner

January 10

 Prisoners' Rights of Passage

Prison wedding for 'Betty Blue' actress Dalle

Program Works To Keep Inmates Busy

Doctor sounds alarm over medicated juvenile inmates

Feds admit jail meltdown

Duluth to help inmates transition into society

January 9

 Prisoners in India are seeking their voting rights

Death row prisoners are on hunger strike for their human rights

Actress from popular French film 'Betty Blue' has married a prisoner

Inmate Treatment Program Reduces Recidivism, Restores Live

Gov. Schwarzenegger lays out CA prison reform plan

January 7

 Freedom in inmate's reach

Protect inmates by safety review

Training for volunteers to mentor kids of inmates

Indictments hit prison-based white supremacist gang

State Plan to Reform Prisons Is Laid Out

January 6

 Firm hired to probe inmate complaints

Inquest hears of key failures that led to prisoner’s murder

Inmate likely to get new trial in '93 case

Prisons can charge inmates a bank fee

Prison death veiled in secrecy

Group seeks liberty for victims of prison bungle

Sing Sing Prison Could Become Tourist Attraction

Kentuckian to lead state prisons

Maximum Impunity Prisons

French prisoners fundraise for tsunami relief

Cell-bound prisoners given TVs

Inmates kept in jail beyond time

Missouri inmates pay for their digs

Youth prisons failing to meet key reform goals, auditor says

King Day events to tackle prisons

Lawmakers propose inmate-led drug-treatment program

ImageWare Systems Receives $520,000 Order for Investigative and Identification Technologies

Louisiana inmate given a new trial for killing in '61

Addict-inmates find help in rehab program

Question: How much do Mississippi counties spend, on average, each day to house state inmates?

Prisoner prohibited from donating kidney

January 5

 Lawmakers propose inmate-led drug-treatment program

Inmates kept in jail beyond time

CA State audit critical of juvenile prisons Report cites lack of schooling, counseling

King Day events to tackle prisons

January 4

 Women get teleconference prison visits

Judge lets inmate suit proceed

Prison pastors hope to improve inmates' futures

Video Phones To Help Inmates Keep Contact With Family

Agency has faith in ex-prisoner

Inmates help community in work program
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