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August 31

Leon County looks for ways to reduce jail population

Jailhouse rocks as prison inmates record pop CD

Judge rules challenge to prison phone rates can proceed

Some 170 Inmates Released Too Early

Space dwindles for male inmates

Morocco urged to end inmates' strike

Arkansas Board Of Corrections Votes To Release Prisoners

Russia: Rights Group Compares Current State Of Country’s Prisons To Gulags

Progress As Prisons Decongested

Act to address prisons issue

Report says prisons chief broke no law

Governor’s office wants prisons audit

Several state prisons could soon be home to cell phone towers

Prisoner will live, and so will issue

Polygraph Test Clears Prisoner

Parole board urges no execution reprieve for Spirko


August 30

Lee County Justice Center Expands

More than half of prisoners have history of homelessness

County: Port Arthur owes for housing inmates

Judge Rules Phoenix Sherrif Cannot Refuse to Transport Inmates for Elective Abortion

Prisoners battle to get antiretrovirals

Prison director stands by confidentiality agreements

Top Prisons Officials Arrested for Fraud

Israeli prison conditions ranked worst among developed nations

Warning over 'misguided' approach to prisons system

Family Wants Answers After Falling Tree Kills Inmate

Inmate Hope DNA Evidence Will Free Him

Jail looks to alleviate overcrowding

Corrections officer fired for sex with inmate

Prison Reform

State prison for teen girls shutting down after scandals, violence

Ex-Prisoner Pursues Science of Defense

Corrections worker might have aided prisoner’s escape

Open-Air Prisons Concept Impress South Africa

Locking up the sick

San Francisco Jail Hurt By Staffing Shortage

Indore jail inmates celebrate Janmashtami with gusto

Local man reluctant advocate for raped inmates

Bill Limits Appeals for Death Row Inmates


August 28

Suit claims inmate denied Mormon books

State-hired expert: Condemned man psychotic

Shutter Creek expanding as state prison population grows

County considers double-bunking in jail

Panel aims to clarify law on inmates

N.C. inmates say they were leashed

Police pastors help inmates with hygiene

Waiting for justice: Serial killer has picked fights with inmates

Kamloops corrections staff help prisoner work through dark times

Prisoner claims: why should we pay?

No Speedy Relief Seen For Women Prisoner Overcrowding

Famous prison says 'come on in-mate' to potential visitor

Behind bars: Officials tour prisons

Prisons agency asks judge to dismiss lawsuit

Prisons' new health firm short on staffing

Staffing problems can be a downward spiral at state prisons

Michigan prisoners won't get to watch "Prison Break"


August 27

Prison criticised over safety failures

Acting warden removed from SoCal prison after deadly riot

Authorities seek contracts with prison welfare workers

Jail revamp nullifies new prison plan - protesters

State Seeking Inmate's Windfall

Two Former Inmates of N.J. Jail Claim HIV/AIDS Treatment Was Denied

When inmates get sick, who pays bill?

Working it off

Families Say Delaware Inmates Not Getting Adequate Care

Rights Group Blasts Russian Prison System, Compares It to Gulag

NOUN Opens Door to Prision Inmates, Police, Customs, Others

Remaining Inmates Moved

Sheriff releases 49 inmates

Warren County nears deal to transfer inmates

RCI prison official suspended after showing tape to inmates

Parts of jail 'unfit for prisoners'

Lawmakers listen as officers discuss problems at state's prisons

Male Inmate Sneaks into Women's Jail

Court: Death-Row Inmate Competent For Execution

Dead inmate may have had meningitis

Inmate labor provides boost, savings for government groups

Baxter inmate alleges assault

State inmate’s lawsuit might delay execution

Investigation of Act 309 program given to mayor

Disciplinary hearing set for Gt. Barrington officer

Tijuana prison inmates show self-built facilities

Ex-inmates detail alleged mistreatment

Local Inmates Fall Ill After Using Staples To Make Tattoos

Inmates File Suit Against Faith-Based Drug Programs

Agencies to help assess new inmates' mental health

Ruling clears way for women inmates seeking abortions

Inmates who sue get new set of rules

Rumours about a large-scale amnesty for prisoners are exaggerated

Jail staff: Prisoners of government apathy

Editorial: Prisoners’ deaths demand answers

Prisoners languish in India, Pakistan

Soledad prison lockdown lifted

Can prison suicides be curbed?

Strip-search suit deadline near


August 25

Accident kills inmate from Shutter Creek crew

Iran town’s jail has 30 prisoners on death row

Singapore outsourcing women prisoners from jail?

Kasuri calls for more humane treatment to prisoners

Inmates worked outside academy

Official: Prison To Have More Workers, Inmates With Privatization

More inmates, fewer wardens

No more satellite TV for Butler inmates

SJC jail to charge inmates for room and board

Tattooing Blamed for Inmate Infections

Inmates get 12-hour call-center shifts

Union leaders not fans of private prisons

Federal Prisons admit toxic exposure of staff & inmates

Prisons minister defends early-release programme

Govt urged to rule out privatisation of any Irish prisons

Gov. Daniels: State prison will become privatized

Inmates sue over '04 riot at Crowley County facility

Concern over decline in sex offenders taking prison programmes


August 24

State: Male prison staff must leave

Governor to privatize New Castle prison

Prison trims number of women with beds in gym

Psychiatrist: Indiana Death Row Inmate Incompetent For Execution

My Perfect Man -- Marrying an Inmate Can Work

Police say they don't believe inmate was beaten before death

County renews contract for inmate food

Nashville jail drops health provider after inmate death

Early prisoner release OK, but caution required

SF reaching out to inmates to vote

State's Review of Inmates Deaths Seen as Benefit

Butler County Sheriff: No cable for inmates

Inmates Released From Jail: Parts Of Facility Are Overcrowded, Report States

Scores of released inmates back in behind bars

Judge upholds transfer of jail inmates

AIDS death rate falls in U.S. prisons

Youth prisons to house new populations

Justice Stevens Speaks


August 23

Increase penalties at prisons

Youth prisons due for major overhaul

Solitary confinement doubles in Swedish prisons

Taxpayers Should Not Be Shackled to Empty Prisons

Counselling for warders in new prisons focus

House Member Decries Decay in Owerri Prisons

Dutch Aid Police, Prisons

Prisons director unlocks savings, hits recidivism

Suicide warning by prisons chief

Bail Set For Two Men Accused Of Killing Inmate

Report finds problems in death row inmate's death

Corrections Dept. Pulls RFP For Prisoner Health Care

Prisoner medical expenses eased

Panel on Prison Rape Hears Victims' Chilling Accounts

Prisoner program defying move order

Crowded jails 'boosting suicides'

Ohio Death Row Suicide Uncovers Breakdowns

Yoga helps inmates find calm, gain strength

Studies fault judges in jail crowding

Probe fans fears of prison terror plots

Prison murders plunge in US jails

Rescuing the child left behind

Even prison inmates deserve a fair hearing

Tulare County hires interns to help inmates after release

County releases 14 inmates by mistake

Suffolk jail has low death rate among inmates, federal report says


August 22

Latest plan to fix prison ill-conceived

Prison death rates down for suicides, homicides and AIDS

Ask why some arrests end with prison while others end in leniency

Prisoner rights activists banned

Jail guards charged with killing inmate

Inmates' work helps raise homes for needy

Inmates serve to help keep city clean

Former inmates tell stories of rape

Mercer, Boyle officials work out conflict over transporting inmates

Prisoners taught real-world skills in an effort to reduce recidivism

3 lose jobs in prison abuse probe

Commission hears from prison rape survivors in SF

Innocent ex-prisoner led in circles for compensation

Big no to prisoner dumping

Family wants to know how inmate ended up in a coma

Inmates' help sparks concern

Kentucky New Home for Female Inmates from Hawaii?

Local Inmates Being Released Early Yet Again

Sheriff moves 3,400 inmates into new jail, others

Inmates falling for radical Islam

Oakland County Jail releases some inmates because of crowding

Crowded jail takes toll on law enforcement


August 20

Having the freedom of expression

Penny Pinching Government Fails Prisons

The 49 prisoners who remain in death's shadow

Group calls for action on prison overcrowding

Freed prison writer still owes $126,000 in court costs

Prison guard fired for abusing inmate, lying

Mental Health of U.S. Correctional Inmates

Inmates stuck in I-95 mess suffer heat stroke

Families Want Inmates Injured In Mainland Riot Moved

Jail imparts farm skills on inmates

Women inmates may go to Kentucky

Superbug hits 2 more inmates


August 19

Corrupted Justice

Drug dealer must forfeit lottery winnings

Was Lawyer-Sister a Snitch? No Matter

Survey Reveals Little Change in Sentencing Habits After 'Booker'

57-Month Delay Not Enough to Violate Right to Speedy Trial

Inmate Whose Case Set Supreme Court Precedent Found Not Mentally Retarded

Inmates might do chores at schools

Mass. inmate charged after DNA reverses 1980s verdict

Inmate finds crack in cell wall

23 Arua Inmates to Sit PLE

Why So Many Women Inmates?

Unruly inmates to be moved

Over 200 inmates may be released

S.B. County to Help ID Illegal Immigrants

State officials fight plan to move jail inmates to prison

Human Feces Powers Rwandan Prisons

Folsom State Prison At Center Of Federal Terror Probe

College, prisons to offer culinary course

Prisons gearing up for change in focus

Worcester sheriff plans to transfer 40 jail inmates to prison

Respect and prisons must mix

SA prisons fight tide of sexual offenders

Prisons Bill to Introduce Suspended Sentences

Cholera, Dysentry in Lukanga, Mumbwa Prisons under control

Top judge urges prisons rethink

Deputies allegedly sold items to inmates

Inmates Use Scam To Make Illegal Calls

Majority of inmates out-of-county

Feds looking into treatment of mentally ill inmates

Prisoners' hopes given rein

Short-staffed prison offering free room, raises for new guards

Hundreds of videos not given to Justice

Prison officers vote in favour of latest overtime deal

Inmates battle drug-defying infection

Inmate's water cut for 4 days

Prison officials looked at ways to stop employee-inmate trysts

Death row inmate's conviction tossed out


August 17

Porter County refusing some weekend inmates

Gardens nourish inmates' bodies and souls

Jail hits new high of 2,043 inmates

Families of Kerala prisoners protest

Oregon seeks space for 500 prisoners

£180,000 bill for warmer prisoners

Prison production seeks more visibility

Prison's best weapon: Respect

U.K. Prison Inspectors Say Immigration Centers Aren't Adequate

Prison officers to unveil pay deal decision

Group fights Risdon Prison ban

Prisoner sues for fall in shower

South Africa under fire over prisoner release

Judge to rule in prisons ouster case

Inmates may have it right -- prisons all about jobs

Balfour Launches Pilot Project for New Approach in SA's Prisons

Prisons pay dispute continues

Suicide of inmate, 17, from city stirs action

Lafayette company settles suit over inmate's death


August 16

Dozens fired in prison fraternizing

Mental illness rampant inside women's prison

Rotorua prison site deals being negotiated in secret

Tamahere rejoices as youth prison plan dropped

Goje Seeks Radical Solution to Prisons Problems

Half of prisons overcrowded, report finds

Gaston sheriff wants to keep federal prisoner program

More mentally ill are being jailed

Nurse fired after inmate's death

Jail inmate makes allegations of torture

Future of Dutchess County Jail inmate population remains a big question mark

Prisons seek rental space as inmate numbers swell

Homes await prisoners

Free books to free minds

Inmates working in community helps them repay debt to society

Officials worry about surge in female inmates

Jail inmates celebrate Independence day

Computers Give Inmates New Lifeline


August 15

JPS to Sheriff: Stop Sending Prisoners Outside County

Unhealthy situation

Hospice eases inmates' deaths

Officials worry about surge in female inmates

Secrecy around Rotorua youth prison sites

Prison doctor ordered to pay fine for mistakes

System evaluated for prison, business applications

Packed prisons: County facilities struggle with overcrowding, housing state inmates

Prisons free rapists to attack again

High court decision forces Dallas to give black inmate retrial

Inmate dies after apparent assault

City And County At Odds About Prisoner Transports

Prison figures reach record high

DNA, Diaz, Dedge

Help prisoners to live in society: Archbishop

Prisoners pick fungi, save cash

State prisoners unhappy at county jails

Bhopal jail hopes to make priests out of prisoners


August 14

Prison workers maintain overtime bans

Prison health workers ratify new contract

NGO lambasts penalty increase for offending prisoners

No justice for Alabama’s HIV+ prisoners

Early-release rulings disputed

Settlement of Fulton jail lawsuit close, costly

Crackdown aims at youth prison

Bans put inmates at risk, says jail chief

Inmate's untreated appendicitis results in $225,000 settlement

Justices overturn judgement against Crossville in inmate suicide

Prisons: Conditions Breed Neurosis, Violence

Prisons 'face overcrowding crisis'

Complaining prisoner sentenced to 7.5 years

Prisoner botch-up: Justice Ministry under fire again


August 13

‘We don’t want to work in the prisons; pay’s poor and there are too many thugs’

Ambulance rates for prisons stir outrage

Prison Poetry

Jail annex ready: 19 months later, project approved for prisoners

The Role of Re-Integration And Reconciliation of Ex-Prisoners

Thanks to sheriff for well-mannered prisoners

Overcrowding prompts inmate transfers from ABQ

Inmate's try to save mom thwarted


August 12

Inmate death ruled 'natural'

New prison plans OK'd in SW Ranches

Sheriff's Office will still use Tasers at county jail

When rape is a joke

Half of all inmates used drugs in jail

Inmates quizzed after jail blast

Prison officers take industrial action

Clash over private prison costs

Bureau of Prisons accepting applications for 2006 Summer Law Intern Program

Guards settle lawsuit against prisons

Mixed results for prisons in drug battle

Video Games Banned From Missouri Prisons

Prisons: While pols work to 'save' prisons, prison system buries taxpayers

Henry Says Prisons His Top Priority

What rights should prisoners have?

Department admits freeing dangerous prisoners


August 11

Sex offenders, killers could be held at CCA prison in SW Ranches

New remand centre 'top priority'

Prisoners with more rights than victims

Quorum Court passes county ordinance to make prisoners pay imprisonment costs

Prisoners 'feeling safer in jail'

Poor care cited in inmate's death

Judge Orders Release Of Terminal Inmate

Inmate killed for solo cell, officials say

Inmate sues authorities over drug case testimony

Prisoner Allegedly Poisoned

Custody Suite'S First Prisoner

Prisoner of conscience denied drugs for ailment

Cop quizzed on prisoner's death

Row over prisoner drug addiction

Teenage prisoner 'abused' by lesbian

No bars for today: Inmates go gung-hoAdd to Clippings

Pennsylvania inmates urge new ways to curb crime

Grant allows center to offer mental treatment to 10 inmates a month

Biomass power plant project at Nevada prison endorsed

Indiana Hopes Cost-Cutting Move at Prisons Saves $5 Million Yearly

Out Of Prisons And Into Korea And India

Prisoners go on hunger strike in Greytown

Prisoners face lockdown in pay dispute

Transporting prisoners topic of debate in Flemingsburg

Largest San Quentin riot since 1982 prompts prison-wide lockdown

Campbell jail annex not getting as many prisoners as expected


August 9

'I'm still . . . doing time'

Case points out trouble with eyewitness accounts

Florida offers prisons for sex offenders in hurricanes

Police take lead after beating Prisons

Lawmakers trying to ban smoking in prisons

Stinking Prisons

Exchange of Prisoners

Prisoners' faith often a matter of balance

US churches try to help ex-prisoners stay straight

Ouachita farming out pretrial prisoners, raising parish costs

Saving cash on inmate illness

Ex-prisoner complains of Labasa conditions

JPS eye prisoner numbers

Irish prisoner seeks repatriation from Ecuador

Inmates work to improve community

Mentally ill inmates get more attention

Inmate abuses cost county

Inmates find help, hope in prison's drug and alcohol program

Inmates make stuffed bears, give them to neglected, abused children

Prisoners donate repaired bicycles

Reform school reforms

Inmates' frivolous lawsuits costly

Roberts gave free help to Death Row inmate

Jail operator denies responsibility in inmate death

Prison report silent on new jail

Juvenile prison violence led to lawsuit

Baptist Church, Prison Split Windfall

Low Mississippi River docks prison employee ferry

$2m prison gym plan draws fire


August 7

Faking illness could cost inmates

ACLU claims gay inmates abused in Los Angeles jail

Preventing Inmate Deaths

California inmate suicides climb, security changes blamed

Prison report released

Inmates move into prison

Prison firm gets $20 million contract after making donation

Jail woes

Inmate says guards assaulted him

Execution set for Va. man found competent

Inmates fear prison because of TB outbreak

Ex-cop accused of hitting prisoner

Housing out prisoners is costing Dutchess millions

MegaFest for Women, Men, Youths and Inmates

Inmates 'able to create'

Jail inmates barred from collecting reading prize

'Honest' Aceh prisoners rewarded

Jail seeks outside inmates to help defray costs

Inmates working hard on projects around county

Dean promises to crack down on violent inmates

New prison policy lets inmates wear religious headgear

Inmates Complain After 5 Turkey Dinners

Prisons chief: Inmates use Westgate as a hotel

Prisons bursting at the seams; officials ponder out-of-state transfers

House Gives Tentative Approval To Ban Smoking Inside N.C. Prisons

Among the artists are NFA alumni, prisoners and a local painter.

DNA clears prisoner after 25 years


August 4

After 26 years, a free man

DNA Tests Come to Prisoner's Defense

Jail phone calls tax families, aid county

Prison failure leaves taxpayer with £44m bill

Slain Prison Guard's Family Files Federal Suit

Pryor tells Southern legislators of need for sentencing reform

Money down the pan, except for prisoners and lawyers

Racine County supervisor wants referendum on jail

Judge ousted for not giving inmates enough credit

Television with a message: Reality check for youths

Yoga classes 'provoke' prisoners

Jailer charged with raping inmates

County Board OKs contract to send inmates to Platte County

GPS system tracks Washington County inmates

Parish wants inmates to pay medical bills

Inmate Firefighters

Locked Down and Forgotten -- An Inmate Asks, 'Who Cares?'

Mold At Jail Prompts Inmate Transfer

States strive to stem inmate suicide rates


August 3

Some lives productive inside state's prisons

New law used to deny prisoner compo

500 Prisoners Starve

Governor To Sign Sex Predator Bill At State Prison

Inmates knit for chemo patients

Commissioners' Court approves contract with Taylor County house inmates

County able to find space for inmates

Knox Co. jailer accused of fondling female inmates

Is funding issue serving citizens, youth inmates?

Bracelets will keep tabs on freed inmates

10 hours of help for 1550 inmates

Prisons Raise Patrols for Inmate Suicides

The art of healing

Art museum triples folk art collection with $1M gift

Locked Down and Forgotten -- An Inmate Asks, 'Who Cares?'


August 2

Prison art project touching lives

Courts reject challenges to state's program that garnishes wages for restitution and fines

Educational stinginess leads to fuller prisons

Prisoners Threaten to Go On Strike

Prisoners learn skills while turning out products

Juvenile unit tops in claims of sex abuse

Volunteer breathes serenity into inmates

New York Times Examines Doctor's Experience Caring for HIV-Positive, Male Inmates at Alabama Prison

Swain under fire on inmate training

Dad suspects abuse led to inmate's death

A Company's Troubled Answer for Prisoners With H.I.V.

DNA test frees man after nearly 18 years in prison

An inside track: prison jobs

California Legislature Considering Bill That Would Ban Shackling of Prison Inmates During Childbirth

Life in Zim prison: A pilot's story

Feds track sex attacks on inmates


August 1

Former prisoner cashes into new life

Due process and Minnesota prisons

Bands improve tracking inmates

Women inmates gain confidence with help from prison mission

Work test for home crims

DNA link to 3700 unsolved crimes

St. Louis inmates released after DNA testing

Prisoners at Negev Prison Suffer Hard Circumstances

Solano County leads state in prison deaths, report says

Ex-inmate wins $240,000 suit

Prison review finds stab-resistant vests missing, other flaws

Gals put on strip shows for inmates

Mexico frees another 36 inmates

Date set for prison ship closure

Surge of federal business helps private prison industry rebound

Prisoner drops complaint against jail

Appeals court sides with Indian prisoner in fight over hair length

Five guards charged with assaulting prisoner

Our prisons are fertile ground for cultivating suicide bombers

Prisons increase patrols, rec time in face of inmate suicides

Private prisons experience business surge

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