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May 31

Man wrongly imprisoned for 1981 rape sues state

Meth abusers sinking their teeth into jail's dental budget

Staph outbreak worsens at Cumberland County jail

Michigan inmates sue over being held naked

Prison inmates set to make history

County commissioners disagree over jail space

Inmates spice up futures with kitchen training

More White Women In Prison

Government reviews private sector role in Prison Service

Freedom for a 35-Year Inmate Whose Crime Was Stealing a TV

Buffalo Cops Headed to Prison For Civil Rights Violations

Ex-Death Row inmate says he was framed, sues cops

Court to hear prisoner's lawsuit over 'right' to exercise

Care for Mentally Ill Inmates Scrutinized

Exclusive: Glitches at county jail swallowed up inmates

Inmates sought to help at shelter

Davide orders judges to inspect jails

Berrien jail filled to brim

Convicts controlling prisons, MP charges

1,000 inmates under controlled movement at CMC

Ruling on inmate's transfer may come soon

More Local Inmates May be Released Early

Inmates in limbo await justice

Out of Florida prisons: Ex-felons find barriers to productive lives

Prisoners and organ donation

Prisoners demand black forest cake, cranberry juice

Audit: Private prison for teenagers one of most expensive in state

Prison numbers continue to climb

Female inmates face shortage of underwear

Inmates Seeking Career Help Take Lessons From Ex-Governor

Alabama to send inmates to South Carolina site for long-term care

Prison board discusses state inmates, sentences

Prisoner healthcare problem still unresolved

Wisconsin prisons to change policy on religious headwear

State prisons going smoke free


May 27

Rowland counseling prisoners during prison sentence

98% of prisoners in Cornton Vale jail today are drug addicts

Northern Ireland prison service censured for treatment of women

Women inmates' facilities 'poor'

Help wanted: Ex-inmates need apply


May 26

Attorneys suing DOC accused of telling inmates not to take meds

S.Africa death row inmates win fresh sentences

Gay inmates' complaints of abuse being investigated

Corrections officer charged with giving drugs to inmate

Court officially clears former inmate of rape

NAACP asks for investigation of prison where inmate was fatally beaten by correctional officers

Lawmakers take up issue of guard/inmate sex

Balfour rejects calls to lift prison sex ban

Female staff at Guantanamo sexually abused prisoners


May 25

Governor takes rap over prison issues

Governor lets execution proceed

Inmate suicide epidemic

Cons should get 'unrestricted' net access - charity

Prison abuse: State's female inmates need more protection from guards


May 24

Guards assault female inmates

Get male guards out of prisons for women

Half of freed prisoners reoffend

Report: 31 Michigan prison guards convicted in inmate sex cases


May 23

New mental-health services help officers, inmates treat illnesses

Inmates struggle to file charges against officers

Inmates train dogs for release into the world

Banned for criticism, chaplain regains access to LA jail

Prisoners protest conditions

Where jail is a sentence worse than death

541 inmates still on hunger strike in Moroccan jails

Many inmates imprisoned wrongly, says VP

Inmates to get free AIDS drugs

Legislator announces task force to study prison gang activity

Fixing the state's youth prisons Can the governor's reform model rehabilitate a badly functioning system?


May 20

Women's courage revealed in Meer's prison art

Former prisoner of concience to speak

New law requires DNA samples from inmates, parolees

Helping inmates' families


May 19

Allan Heyl a model prisoner: correctional services

Funding boost to help released inmates

DNA from 100,000 inmates could help solve crimes

Inmates tell students ‘it’s all about choices’

Is this the best way to treat our inmates... sorry, pupils?

Inmates allege brutal beating in suit vs. jail guards

San Quentin prisoners prepare dogs for adoption


May 18

Calif. vows to reform youth prisons

Prison camp inmates run with the spirit

Governor restores inmates' family day

Guard's behaviour overshadows Carr's prison visit

When a sentence to jail can be a sentence to death

Senator John McCain Urges Immediate Release of World's Longest-Held POWs


May 17

Ill-served by harsh minimums

Drug, alcohol addicts use art to help recover

Inmate dies after fight with guards

Prisons failing to rehabilitate inmates

Court to review rights of disabled inmates

Justices to decide if disabled inmates may sue states for damages

Ex-prisoner becomes first black ever to earn Ph.D. in juvenile justice


May 16

Mother's Day treat for five prisoners

Letter: Remember China's prisoners

Tenn. Supreme Court rules death row inmate may continue appeals

Legislators indifferent to innocents


May 13

Talks between prisoners, jail officials termed successful

Gouging prisoners' families a bad call

Music bound concentration camp prisoners together

Inmates could reap benefits of innocence

Set to die, inmate asks to give liver to his sister

With GED in hand, inmate ready to use skills in workforce


May 12

Ex-prisoners at Saginaw jail tell of naked confinement

1,102 prisoners to be released on Buddha's birthday

MOZAMBIQUE: Penal and courts system reform needed to improve human rights record

8814 Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli jails

Vietnam: Catholic prisoner of conscience released after 18 years' imprisonment

Mental health treatment center evaluates inmates

Inmates clean garbage from creek

Inmates: racism cause of prison altercation


May 11

Rough landing for exonerated inmate

Mostly Mexicans in US prisons

Schwarzenegger signs legislation to reorganize prisons

Inmate Apologizes for murder through music

Lawyers lauded for prison work

Prisoners Demand Improvements and Pizza

Ex-prisoner tells of maggots in food


May 10

A shameful failure

Inmate's apology becomes song

Give more love and attention to children of prisoners

Prison inmates benefit from information on HIV/AIDS

New ministry, new hope for prison inmates

Jail inmates will hit the streets to work off their debts to society by picking up trash

A Mother's Day call for justice in Haiti's prisons


May 9

Shelter director used inmates to paint house

U.S. Soldier Recalls Horror of Nazi Camp

Inmate crews help with fuels reduction

Female inmates see kids just ahead of Mother's Day

Inmates' parents plan protest today

Festival showing for prison film

Prisoner to speak about making good choices

Allegheny County Jail inmates bemoan unsanitary conditions


May 6

State prisons due better equipment, not staffing

Pa. Prisons: What Has Changed Since 1989 Riots?

Providing care for jail inmates is complicated

Meth wreaks havoc on inmates’ teeth


May 5

Judge: Inmate's civil rights suit over HIV exposure can proceed

France Seeks Muslim Chaplain for Prisons

Inmates at rehab centre stage protest

Prisoners help at local schools

1,200 inmates on hunger strike

Sex abuse 'a significant problem' in prisons

Prisons chief: Patronage pads my staff

Probation officers fight to keep pace Beyond supervision, inmates with drug problems need treatment, too

Jailhouse rock for inmates as group to play Saughton gig

Dutchess County clears excess inmates from jail

Kenyan inmates in beauty contest

Early release scheme for prisoners singled out by Tories

Crime rate increases after release of prisoners

A void of conscience: Inmate spends prison sentence playing blame game

Legislators view expansion at Springfield prison

A Change of Fortune for Ozanam Inmates

The revolving door at the county prison Most inmates are jailed on drug-related offenses – and they just keep coming back

County ponders charging inmates daily fee

Wayne Co. willing to take other inmates

Calif. Prison Doctors' Sue Over Standards

U.S. jails, prisons overflowing


May 4

Passing judgment

Freed by DNA, man waits for state to pay

Calif. prison doctors' sue over standards

Volunteers sign up for ex-con rehabilitation program

Black churches: helping prisoners will prevent crime

California prisoners unionize, form statewide coalition


May 3

Jail is 'obscenity staining our reputation'

Seven year wait for trial

Tougher Prison-Sex Penalties Recommended

Tougher penalties needed for prison staff who have sex with inmates

Former inmates remember the liberation of Dachau

Inmates praised for charity work

Inmate-run garden beginning to sprout


May 2

Women prisoners denied health care

Program aids inmate transition

Missouri Cuts Prisoner Education Programs

Vietnam to release prisoners to mark war anniversary

90 inmates share one toilet

Inmates help recondition computers for classrooms

Official Unveils Drug Treatment Prison Plan

Vietnamese war veteran recounts horrors of prison

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