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June 30

Kids Of Prison Inmates Enjoy Summer Camp

Sheriff seeks more time to plan release of inmate

Prisoners help charitable, municipal groups cut costs

Ex-Convict Must Still Prove His Innocence

Justices will hear appeal based on an inmate's DNA

Teenager's Hanging Is 16th Prison Death This Month

Vorst prison moves to end strike

Con artists

Test juvenile centre staff for drugs, review urges

County Jail to get more inmates and more money

Paris man helps inmates cope with prison life

Charges allege sex with inmates in Platte County jail

KFC for inmates 'poor decision'

'Hanged prisoner was known to be high-risk'

Prisoners slash wrists in protest

175G deal ends suit on inmate suicide

NAACP Meeting Held To Discuss Inmate's Death

Death row inmate's lawyers to request stay of execution


June 28

Spat-at officer accused of beating prisoner

China to classify prisons by security level

Misuse of Prisons Money Investigated

UK prisons rates among highest in Europe

Concerns arise over medical care in Va. prisons

Prisons Reforms And the Plight of Warders

Detention centers see rise in number of female inmates

Two inmates get royal pardon for educational achievements

Report Details Torture of Inmates

State officials say giving inmates condoms not justified

Some inmates get out of jail free

Group Offers Jobs, Clothes and Hope to Prisoners

Jailbreak: Group Alleges Torture of Prisoners

Prisoners illegally transported to USVI

Jharkhand prisoners come back from Bihar

Prisoners get fried chicken for not 'acting up'

Federal appeals court backs dismissal of lawsuit by Panola inmate's family

Inmate trusties have to meet certain traits

Jail Official Charged In Plot To Have Inmate Beaten

Former death row inmate may be excluded from trial, judge warns

High Court Rules Against Death Row Inmate

Lawmakers Press For More Prison Funding


June 27

Health care for Va. inmates faulted

Warden orders inmates' meditation garden

Former Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence Speaks at NYCLU Forum

Hated youth prison draws activists' ire

Prison health workers OK strike

Legislature divided on decision to cut prison

Prison costs are running out of control

MP welcomes Bunbury prison upgrade

Prisoner total rises 15% in six years

Inmates help world's needy by refurbishing wheelchairs

Harlow wants records released in his death-sentence case

'Huge leap' in suicide bids by inmate

Prison helping inmates get clean

Moroccan king pardons two prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment

Monitor private prisons

Legislature fiddles while prisons explode

Uplifting Prisons With Flowers


June 26

County can stop the revolving door at jail if it chooses

Step towards protecting inmates

Jail pays for inmates' well-being

Helping Inmates Kick Drugs (and the Prison Habit)

Exhibition of products made by prisoners begins at City Centre

The Jefferson Award: Olivia Wang, prisoners' rights advocate

Milk for prisoners - on the house!

Juvenile justice at $2m an inmate

Airman’s wife teaching English to convicts in Korean prison

Closing youth facility would be best choice

America Service stock falls after losing prison contract

Personal alarms to protect prison staff

Prisoner Baxter Dunn gets $130K pension

California prison officials dispute memos about parole violators

County to send six female inmates to Tioga jail

Rock County's bill for inmates is rising

Cops 'sewed prisoner's lips'

Study finds female prisoners likely to reoffend

Kenya: Catholic Church to Build Home for Young Ex-Prisoners

Wynn exec touts benefits of hiring ex-prisoners

40 Percent of Prisoners Will Be Released, MP Says

India-Pak take steps for early release of prisoners

Craighead County Settles Lawsuit Over Inmate Beating

Jail study: County inmate population can be reduced

Beaten inmate lay in cell 2 hours

Student Leaders Seek Change in Burma Prisons

Staffing inadequate at prisons

Private health care providers at state prisons vote to strike


June 24

Mandatory drug testing for prisons

Local residents push Senators to save prisons

'Prisons should be last resort'

Britain's eccentric reputation in safe hands

Jewish inmate files suit over rules on shaving

Trinity County sheriff's deputy indicted following alleged prisoner abuse incident

Alameda County to take Oakland jail inmates when city jail closes

ACLU sues provider over health care of Mississippi inmates

Women Inmates Now Working On Chain Gang

Revolving door for young inmates

Regional jail admits inmates from Lucas County

28 sentences commuted to life in prison following a Supreme Court ruling in March

Prisoners to get anti-social behaviour orders on release

Life behind the prison looking glass

Informant admits stealing from FBI

Prison art exhibited at Greersburg Academy

Officer Accused Of Having Sex With Inmate

Prisoners crucify themselves

Prisoners to design own jail

Government on probation over prison changes

Prison guard arrested on drug charges

Hubbert foresees schools, prisons in funding battles

Play tells stories of death row inmates who went free

Ecuadorian inmates protest nationwide


June 22

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence For Georgia Inmate

Prisoner officers' 2002 overtime cover costs €8.6m

Warder arrested for 'killing prisoner'

Attack on prisoner may prompt look at details of inmate transfers

Protestors Call For More Guards At Oklahoma Prisons


June 21

Jail guard charged with having sex with inmate

Top court orders new trial for death row inmate

Prisoner tracking system delayed

Free at last, but a prisoner still of his tortured mind

Prisons watchdog urged to launch inquiry

Corrections Dept. Sued For Poor Treatment Of Mentally Ill Prisoners

Report: Prisons still violate rights

What I now know about our prisons

Inmates growing old, sick in Louisiana prisons


June 20

Deny, delay no more in Dedge case

Former Judge Sought Aid For State Inmate

Inmate serving life sentence says religious rights denied

Prison costs lock up state budget dollars

California prison boom ends, signaling a shift in priorities

Black Muslim Leader Meets With Inmates at San Quentin

Rethinking Treatment of Female Prisoners

Half of Hamilton County jail inmates treated for mental illness

Disturbed inmates put jails 'on edge'

Inmates to work, learn skills

Inmates come out of prison, into work force

'Meth mouth' hits inmates hard

Walling calls jail inmates to transform for better while in jail

Program treats troubled inmates

Former prisoners urged to vote in N.J.

French Prisons Teeming With Muslims

Ill offenders burden prisons with costs, anger victims by getting light sentences.


June 19

Prison's badly run, prisoners 'losers'

Prisoners' access to police videotapes toughened up

Texas Death Row Inmates May Win Appeals After High Court Ruling

Nun offers solace to death-row inmates

A work in progress: Stripe-clad inmates repairing county roads

40 jail inmates get early release

Power of Yoga for de-addciting jail inmates

Inmates get their GEDs

Corrections director expects to be sued over inmate mental health

Sting busts 21 in jailhouse drug smuggling operation

Union urges more funds for prison rehab programs

Residents Stage Picket Line Outside Newberry Prison

University, prison reeling

Former Miami-Dade officer accused of sex with inmate

Inmate sentenced to jail after officers acquitted of beating him

Highly overcrowded prisons

Advocacy group says inmate death could have been prevented

Costs for burned inmate escalate

Newly expanded jail asks cops to limit number of inmates

Art from the inside


June 17

The Art of Atonement

Seven inmates testify during Rusk County prison assault trial

DOC Seeks To Extract Disruptive Prisoners

Inmates all ahead for fire survivors

It's a crime to stop felons from voting

'Butchered' waitress turns up alive?

Garner To Get Community Warning System For Prison Emergencies

Activist alleges prison abuses

Six Prisons Still Experience More Than 50 Per Cent Overcrowding

Year later, no answers in prisoner's death

Judge rules prisoners can stay in court cells

New Jail Hits Snag; Prisoners Stay Put Another Year

Paying For Prisoners—It’s Your Money


June 16

Mecklenburg inmates got food infested with maggots

Concern over prison suicide spate

State Senate agrees to further talks on U.P. prison

Judge backs state discipline of prison guards

Delta County Jail inmate files suit against authorities

Centre didn't give needed drugs to teen inmate, nurse tells inquiry

Private prisons in state's future despite problems found in audit

End of an era for prisons

Newberry and Manistique Prisons May Not Have to Close

Prisons making progress in treating mentally ill

New Nebraska Courts May Work To Empty Prisons


June 15

Study examines prisoner releases

New Trial for Death Row Inmate

Inmate's rights violated, justices rule

Private prisons in Colo. remiss

Reducing Congestion in Prisons Requires Political Will

Overcrowding in Ugandan prisons a big problem

Prisons Boss Speaks On Death Sentence

3,000 freed from S. Africa prisons

Gangs increasingly leaving mark on Montana prisons

M. River waits for fair share for two prisons

Tide of inmates puts pressure on cells again

Audit: Union inmates worked 'implausible' number of hours, on jail staff vehicles

Court says inmates may challenge prison assignments

Four inmates facing hate crime charges

79 Kroonstad inmates go free

Forcht Wade Correctional Center inmates sell handmade wares, find inner creativity

Man Wrongly Accused Says He Was Assaulted In Prison

Frontline Producer Credited With Freeing 13th Inmate

Uganda: Partial victory in prisoners' bid to end death penalty

County jail moving day

Judge orders temporary stay of execution for prisoners sentenced to hang

Freed prisoners rejoice at second chance

Kern Valley Prison to Open But Opponents Still Slam It

Prison officials trying to rig report, claims Act

Vonderheid sees new prison as impetus for development

Law widens DNA tests for inmates

Jail beds to be open for nonviolent inmates in transition


June 13

Prison 'not a way to cut crime'

Inmate addiction costs taxpayers

State correctional officer charged in stabbing of inmate

Eggen alone on day she gouged eye out, former inmate says

Inmate tells of videotape, sex, lies

Prisoner compo claims loom as bed crisis worsens

Prison officers move to reduce riot risk

Union stands by overcrowding claim

Higher percentage of whites in prisons

Minister told of need to privatise prisons

Non-Kiwi inmates cost $23m a year

Dogs get better deal than inmates

Church rallies change for jail

Aged inmates' care puts financial stress on state

Video jail visits touted as safer, derided as impersonal

Little chance at rehab for inmates

State experiments with calming effect of pink

State prison struggles to recruit guards


June 12

State prisons ordered to restart parole programs, hike inmate pay

Are we building prisons for the youth?

Foreign-Born Inmates Slip Through Immigration Net

Inmates lose privileges in move to Wayne County jail

Officer Charged With Helping Inmates Attack Another Inmate

Chaplain gives hope to inmates

Acadia jail construction set for fall

Inmate to share his grim story at youth forum

Inmate sues jail in death of baby

State Representative Casperson Says He Wants to Save Newberry Prison and Camp Manistique

Salt Lake Company Wins Bid for Prison Relocation Study


June 11

Inmates Earn Degrees

Inmates' Medical Care Failing in Evaluation by Health Dept.

Watchdog Group Says Mentally Ill Inmates Underserved

Progress made on creation of North’d County drug court

PRISONS: Education cuts will cost in the long run

State prisons ordered to restart parole programs, hike inmate pay

8 Guards Fired After Inmate Beaten

Alleged inmate abuse cases lead to FBI inquiry

Prison commissioner chases fed certification for inmate skill training

Officer, 21, is charged in stabbing of inmate

Concerns raised over prisoner transfer plans

Prisoner medical costs questioned

Corrections system failed, inquiry told

State prisoner claims he's being held unlawfully


June 10

Man on death row 31 years loses appeal to high court

Prisons Designer Wins Prestigious Awar

Whites back in majority in state prisons

State expands prison meth treatment

Warder fumes about smoking in prison

Prison Agency Taken to Task on Inmate Pay

FBI Investigates Prisoner Death

Government responds to Commons report on prisoner learning

Indonesia to investigate a prisoner exchange agreement with Australia

Mental health professionals responsible for making tough calls about inmate well being

How to betray the vernacular

Jackson County will strip search female inmates in private

Former inmates' lawsuit dismissed

Inmates aim for learning

Prisoners sleep on mattresses on floor

Prisoners to work off their upkeep

Prisoners vent anger to first rights body

Grandmother Exposes Prisoner Abuse

State prisons aim to fix health care

Female inmate will fight fires

State investigating whether inmate received proper care

Death-row inmate's lawyer makes case to appeals judges

Death Row Inmate Gives Back Through Proceeds of Publication

Paroled '60s radical says women in prison haunted by guilt, loss

Corrections to Pay $444,000 to Study Prison Staffing

Support grows for Newberry prison

Inmates give scholarship to murder victim's brother

Jailhouse time clock

Lawsuit: Jail takes cash from inmates

County jail is set to ban smoking

Rowland gets release date: Feb. 12, 2006

Correctional Service of Canada: Drug Strategy Nets a Substantial Seizure in Contraband

Help wanted: Jobs for inmates

The Chains of Freedom

Cobb seeks sales tax to enlarge jail

More inmates older, straining health expenses

County jail makes room for bike week

Prisoners' Ombudsman defended

Indonesia, Australia mulling prisoner swap deal

Indigenous leaders to focus on prisoner issues

Inmate's mother to sue Sheriff Dunn

Prisons fail to screen all in segregation for suicide


June 7

Secret prisons network: Amnesty

Prisons swell as tougher sentences bite

Philippine Prisons' Crushing Problem

Group That Sends Books To Prisons Needs Help

Most Wanted: Work for Japan's prison inmates

Future Police Officer Awarded By Inmates On Death Row

Rise in women inmates in Hindalga jail

Beds are in short supply at county jail

Prison group hits out at ALP's antisocial behaviour policy

NSW prison population swells

New Times Loom for Fabled Lefortovo Prison

State Pays Out HIV Sodomy Prisoner

Death-row inmate who saved 2 lives to get new sentencing hearing

Inmate's letter helped pass law

Confined but creative: prisoners of art


June 6

'US has best prisons in world'

American prisons become political, religious battleground over Islam

Inquiry could change prisons

Former governor calls for courage on prisons, term limits

Rights watchdogs can visit prisons

Transporting prisoners becoming a problem for Union County

Inmates get connected

Dental care for inmates is law

Emissary spreads word of LET's help for addicts

Prison docs cheer HC order on hospitals

Village anger as prison doubles in size

From prison to mansion: Ex-inmates get fresh start

Mentoring for kids of inmates

Wish granted, inmate visits son for last time

'Superjails' to cut prison strain

6th prison employee suspended

California assembly passes bill allowing distribution of condoms in prisons

"Right" or "Privilege"

Jury doesn't buy inmates' version of jail beating

County jails bloom with ideas to keep inmates busy

Dubai eGovernment launches IT training program for prison inmates

Prison farm inmates lend helping hand to Habitat home construction in Keokuk

A New Leaf


June 3

Never saw guards hit inmates, nurse says

Taxpayers may benefit from decision to move inmates to new regional jails.

Ex-inmates win $1.2M settlement

Ruling lets inmates challenge sentences

State Prison sees 2 inmates die in past week

Sheriff pays for overcharges of inmate meals

Measure allowing distribution of condoms to inmates approved by Assembly

Inmate's Organ Donor Wish Poses Quandary

Gibson County Jail inmate free of tuberculosis

Sole inmate in pilot jail may end trial for part-time prisons

Judge won't halt inmate transfer

Judge Rejects Request to Transfer ECI Inmate

Orleans Criminal Sheriff's Deputies Indicted In Inmate's Death

Prisoner foiled in FOI bid

Longest-serving NT prisoner speaks

Senate panel votes to close U.P. prison, save youth prison

Prison 'fails to move with times'

Canadian sex killer fights restrictions

Maximum security prison expansion

Prisoners' compo 'should be doubled' - lawye

Row over acupuncture for prisoners

Bill would allow male death row prisoners to be incarcerated at other prisons


June 2

Book help for prisoners' children

Prisoners compo bill under urgency

Prisoners can ask to stay on

County inmate fund under scrutiny

Inmate jail returns remain high

California: Overseer sought for inmates' health care

Young inmates at risk in Victorian jail

State should pay cost of inmates

Prison is not for children, says minister

Why open prisons and close schools?

Senate committee rejects plan to close two juvenile prisons

Fury as prison sends sex offenders on work party

Prison 'pampering' move angers MP

Women's courage revealed in Meer's prison art


June 1

High Court Sides With Inmates on Religion

Hundreds of inmates to be freed

California Senate approves greater media access to inmates

Prison to house ward for mentally ill inmates

The big house isn’t big enough for inmates

Medical costs may free inmates

Female jail inmates in Harrison County earn GEDs

Push for prisoner transfers

Legal reason taken prisoner by compassionate spin

Top-level talks on prisoner deal

Greens do deal with Govt to pass prisoner compo bill

Detainees languish in prisons

N.C. Senate tentatively approves smoking ban inside prisons

ACLU Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Religious Liberty in Prisons

Ignoring Prevalence of HIV in Prisons Will Have Devastating Impact - J¸rgens

PRISON: Anger over 'pampered' prisoners

Prisoners and Victims Bill to be passed this week

Greens negotiate prison watchdog

Indonesia dampens hopes of prison transfer for Corby

Girls tell of rape in prison

CIM scales back inmate counts, looks at staff cuts

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