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November 30


Open House Features San Quentin Prison Art

Prison criticised for overcrowding

Judge rejects prison guards' use of leave time for union business

Ohura Prison shuts its doors

Calabar Prisons Needs Expansion, Renovation – Comptroller

Inmates to help at cemetery

Inmates strike out on death penalty rulings

Joe's jail no fun for good reason

Local governments to foot higher medical costs in Pierce County

Inmates complain of treatment at Clayton County Jail
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Salvation Army helps prisoners give their children gifts

Death row inmate to get hearing

Freed Death Row inmate, wife accused in drug case
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Inmate, 77, faces death
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Ohio Killer Becomes 999th Inmate Executed Since 1977
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Prison inmate 'was left hanging in his cell'

With a life at stake

Exclusive interview with 'Tookie' Williams

Supreme Court Rules Against Ohio Inmate in Death Penalty Case
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Arkansas executes first inmate in 2 years


November 29


Why we cannot rely on firearm forensics

Crowded Prisons Major Challenge

Reading program may open windows for jail inmates

Pilot project to reach out to women jail inmates

Inmates ready to move to 'world-class' jail

Cities tagged for inmates’ care

HIV cases among jail inmates up 22,500 in 5 years

County collects $10,000 from inmates

Inmates Extend Condolences After Jail Officer Dies
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Prison program offers inmates BU education

Prisoners refused from amnesty for art

Prisoners, the sick to miss polls – EC

Filling, efficient top priorities for jailhouse meals
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High court rules against death row inmate

Inmate asks for dismissal of charge
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Justice Ministry forced to delete picture of ex-inmate from web site

Prisoner fights for freedom


November 28


Prisoner sues Cambria County jail

Post-riot health dispute ends
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Old and sick behind bars

Driven by thoughts of their keiki, inmates help create Festival of Lights

A long wait for justice for mentally ill county inmates

Inmates Join Effort to Make Most of Moose
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Program teaches inmates to cook

State seeks to give real 2nd chance to inmates

Editorial: Prisoners performing worthwhile projects

Economic impact of prison elusive
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Monitors tested on prison staff

Prison education puts inmates on right path, advocates argue

Strict prison regime eases during final days of Australian’s life

Prison employees rally behind chief
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Women’s prison space crunch
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Gun battle inside Mexican prison injures eight

National warns of inexperienced prison staff

Death row inmate attracting star appeals
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Warner Weighing Inmate's Plea For Clemency
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November 27


Punishment Delayed

Victims of the Drug War

Congress Moves to Limit Prisoner Habeas

Prison becomes shelter, inmates rise to occasion

Equipping inmates to build new livelihoods

Inmates pulled from Beaver Dam Wal-Mart work site

Courts Say Inmates Need Not Be Buckled
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How prisoners are achieving a new kind of record

Emergency Protest for Prisoners Medical Crisis

Taylor University: Project remembers prisoners' children

Prisoners should have access to proven HIV prevention methods

Firm wins back contract on health care for prisoners

Overcrowding at women's prison could be eased at county jails
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Ban furor now up in smoke; Three years after taking effect, limits gain acceptance

Gov. Minner must act on prison health care
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Prisoner Gets Bachelor of Social Sciences inside Israeli Jail

Smoking ban loophole gives prisons a problem

Education in Punjab prisons between 1997-2004: 51,169 prisoners got degrees, certificates
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November 26


Competition of artworks by prisoners open in Astana

Inmates still behind bars despite completing terms

Holiday menu is good for inmates

County settles jail dispute

Holidays mean good eating for inmates
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Alaska inmates to process train-killed moose for charity

Jalosjos: I've achieved mission to help improve inmates' lives
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Churches to pray for prisoners' families

Education in Punjab prisons between 1997-2004: 51,169 prisoners got degrees, certificates

Prison needle exchanges needed: report

Orange County prison preps inmates for cooking jobs
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Inmates Take Pride In Thanksgiving Dinner

Possible rise in inmate numbers

Trial delay for corrections officer charged in inmate beating

Condition of prisoner care in question

Prisons pressed for space solution

California prisons bursting at seams

Brazilian prisons crown Miss Penitentiary 2005
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November 25


CSC/Media Advisory: Inmates Donate Their Works of Art for a Charity Auction

Quest of a prisoner-poet on celluloid

Vegan prisoner finds limited Thanksgiving menu

Capital punishment in the United States

The U-S prepares to execute one-thousandth prisoner
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Big increase in prisons drug treatment programmes

Turkey not a big deal to inmates - they get it almost every day

Inmates date prostitutes, own mobile phones

Keeping a better eye on inmates

Inmates blossom in San Quentin garden
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Campbell County reaches agreement with inmates who filed suit

Child-molest suspect not his son, says Crips co-founder "Tookie"

Laureates seek clemency for Death Row inmate
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Vilsack: Is new prison needed?
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Convicted murderer leaves Ridgeville prison in time for Thanksgiving
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State opens the largest faith-based U.S. prison
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Perv sent from hosp to prison
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Unger leaves prison after nearly 14 years
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Canadian inmates offered tattoos in prison parlors
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November 24


Prisons full of the wrong people

State lawyers object to suggested reforms for California prisons

Menino backs aid for former inmates

Canadian prisons open tattoo pilot program for inmates

Former inmates share life's hard lessons with students

County to start charging inmates

Weber mulls billing inmates

Majority of prisoners mentally ill
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HHS weighs relaxing restrictions on inmate testing

Inmate says jail escape was 'survival'

Super prison must face normal planning restrictions

Prison chaplains hit out at 'dehumanising' conditions

Government ponders prisoner tagging

San Quentin: Williams Not "Model" Prisoner


November 23


The death penalty's fatal flaws

Super Max Prisons

O’Connor presides over prisons shambles
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Shakeup will silence prisons watchdog, warn campaigners

National calls for more prisons

Computers rebuilt by inmates to go to Lynn school

Greeting cards reach out to inmates

Court invalidates rules for punishing inmates

County gets big money on others' inmates

Balfour launches historic tournament for inmates

Weber County May Bill Jail Inmates

Prisoners cultivate new sense of purpose

Prisoners to get drug tests, vows McDowell

New Orleans prisoners await high court ruling
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Group gets $660K to help ex-prisoners

Macao to launch video conference services for prisoners
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Governor dismisses call for prison break investigation

Wakulla prison given a mission

Warden at Iowa Prison Sacked
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Inmate sues police for return of guns

Judge appoints attorney for inmate being sued by the state
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Attorneys urge governor to spare inmate
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County Supervisor Calls For Action After Inmate's Death
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November 22


People of faith ponder fate of death row inmate

Inmate funds return to board's agenda

Harris Co. sheriff announces fallout from death row inmate's escape
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Rev. Jackson, Bianca Jagger to visit Williams on death row
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Court strikes down prison discipline regulations
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Expanded prison space badly needed

Corrections Dept warns prison overcrowding here to stay
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Ahern urged to help death row prisoner

Slow-growth forecast for prisons 'curious'

Minister hails incentives in new sentencing proposals
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McDowell criticised for stance on drugs in prisons

Students travel to state prison to play chess

Meeting error confuses inmates

News from around Southern California

Inmates claim surcharge a hardship

Inmates help charity for disabled
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Limits on inmates make policy, financial sense
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Solomon Island prisoners accuse Australian authorities of abuses

Letter: Cost of transporting prisoners adds up

Prisoners' handicrafts break myths at trade fair


November 21


Inmates from Norton prison refurbish wheelchairs for use overseas

Inmates might build houses

Supreme Court Asked to Hear Voting Rights Case

Inmate Rights, States' Rights Clash Before High Court

High Court Hitching Post Win Leads to Loss in Alabama

High Court Dismisses Police Questioning, Religion, Felon Voting Cases

Prisons are for everybody

Juvenile prisons need correction

Skin rash cases in prisons increase

‘Education can enable prison inmates begin afresh in life’

Inmates walk tall in raising money to cheer needy children

Program Helps Dogs, Campbell Co. Inmates
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Hundreds of inmates trapped by Katrina
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Katrina Inmates, and the ACLU
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Inmates will no longer be held in LA jail section where one died

Grip loosens for pregnant prisoners

$300,000 tab for prisoners' tattoo removal

Missouri may tap prisoners' cash flow
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Law enforcement grapples with local jails housing more state prisoners

Newspaper: Executed inmate likely innocent
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Nussle wants independent prison break probe

Fish, mushrooms help grow prison jobs

Prisons expand to meet growing inmate numbers

Women in prison

Economic diversity eludes small town losing a prison
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Strike may hit prison
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Crowd at prison urges clemency for killer
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Former judge calls drug war a 'failure'

Effective Drug Control: Toward A New Legal Framework

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Police State Poster Boy


November 20


English professor wins U.S. honors

Ex-prisoner finds lesson in laughter

Prisoner wins $219,000 judgment against state worker
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China denies reports of prisons for HIV-positive inmates
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Store: We don’t carry jailhouse superbug
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Prison Diets: Inmates and taxpayers both hurt by what they eat

Deputies Are Focus of Jail Slaying Probe

Maui inmates get job-search boost

Spike in inmates poses budget quandary

18 elderly, sickly women inmates freed

Jail population under ordered limit of 400

Inmates to move to farm in county

Hip-Hop Community & Political Prisoners

Missouri Female Prisoners Participating in Internet "Pen Pal" Service

Prison workers intend to sue

Study finds proposed prison move is too costly

Prison officers strike


November 19


Hard men turn to Islam to cope with jail

Inmates may use port space as fish farm

3,000 Death Row Inmates Await Execution in US

Nixon targets inmates' pen pal cash flow
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City finds temporary holding area for inmates

Two N.C. jailers fired for stealing from inmates
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Island jail fit for a prince: Posh prison digs offer cable TV, sunset view
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State of Women in Prisons in Sierra Leone Report launched

MyKad drive at prisons

Dangerous skin disease in Mass. prisons
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Prisons take new measures to target contraband

Vermont prisons feeding version of bread and water
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Tagging gives criminals freedom to reoffend at record rate

P-mail gives prisoners chance to keep in touch with families

Former Federal Guards Appeal Convictions In Inmate Beatings

Judge denies stay of execution for Boyd
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Deputies Are Focus of Jail Slaying Probe
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'Prison is failing vulnerable women'
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Study: Relocating Prison Would Cost Millions
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Prosecutors say Death Row inmate deserves execution
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Pugnacious prison employees on notice


November 18


Officials want more inmates training dogs

NYS Prison Art Ban & Felony Disenfranchisement

Judge deals blow to inmates

Prison to evict Phila. inmates even as it expands

Jail employee charged with stealing inmates' money

5 guards indicted in Phila. prison case

Jury clears sheriff's officials in inmate's beating death

High court grants part of Nevada death row inmate's appeal

High court grants part of Nevada death row inmate's appeal

Inmate put to death for Baytown slayings

Nguyen friends to offer comfort

State Urged to Act on Prison Healthcare

The sickening details of why and how the prisoners are dying

Sumter sends prisoners to Levy County to avoid jail overcrowding

Bovis Lend Lease is a preferred tenderer for Queensland prisons

Flight restrictions over Swedish prisons from next year

Mapin discusses shortcomings of region's prisons

China denies plans to build AIDS-only prisons

'Prison and supervision' alternative to early release

Scots prison population could exceed 9,000 by 2015

Action urged after prison deaths

Prison chief's smoke ban warning

L.A. Officers Urge 'No Mercy' for Tookie Williams


November 17


Inmates Get A Chance To Help Katrina Victims

Police chaplain brings God's word, Communion to inmates

Former judge calls drug war a 'failure'

Administration says prison population growing again

Gadget intended to keep inmates in

Death row inmate claims he was mistakenly identified as killer

Prison medical care could be better fast — if the system acts

Inmate health care chief named

Execution date set for Reno inmate

Texas executes 18th inmate of year

Chicago jury rejects ex-inmate's $24M suit

Five guards charged in beating of inmate at Philadelphia prison

Prosecutor wants prisoner sentenced to life for kicking guard

Prisoner with disabled son faces deportation

Prisons try snitch line to fight drugs

Condemned gang founder says innocent of murder

Rapper Snoop Dogg to attend anti-execution rally

Prison guards' bar brawl investigated


November 16


Court passes on felon voters law

Civil rights denied

Interact to prevent gang attacks

Private prisons ‘doing a better job’

Idaho prisons face overcrowding

Riley wants Alabama Legislature to focus on prisons first

Prisons' movie studio cost $500,000

ACT Govt considers controversial needle program

Govt mulls needle exchange program for jail inmates

Officials hope inmates will return to jail after repairs are made

Judges review Ingham inmates for early release

Inmates building true 'outlaw' choppers

Inmates build owl habitat

Inmate health will cost more

Court to rule on Pa. inmate reading privileges

Supreme Court won't hear death row inmate's appeal

Inmate who fought for prison reform dies

Inmate's appeal rejected

Death row inmate is not one to stand out


November 15


Alito Dissent Resonates in Supreme Court Case

Jail inmate files complaint after sewage backs up into cell

Supreme Court rejects appeal of Miss. Death Row inmate

Faint praise for state prison food

Texas Convict Who Led Prison Reform Dies

Officials hope inmates will return to jail after repairs are made

Jail still not ready for inmates months after Rita

Corrections staffing woes examined by national commission

Personal ad trend included correspondence with inmates

China plans jails for HIV inmates


November 14


Joint's sauce is jumpin'

U.S. Department of Justice: Number of Death Row Inmates Declined for Fourth Year During 2004

Artist Muller teaches prisoners art for self-sufficiency

New prison magazine

Electronic tracking device for prison parolees, persons on bail

Greyhounds help heal lives behind prison bars

In prison, women prepare for life outside

Released mothers struggle outside of prison

Obesity is part of the sentence for prisoners

Raya Open Day for prison & rehabilitation inmates

Cracks in the System

Inmate's care meets standard


November 13


D-Day Museum survives adversity

Lingle cites progress at youth prison

Youth prison lawsuit slowly grinding

Fargo man who saved two children now facing prison

Young killer wants to undo transfer to Florida prison

Keep ailing prisoners away from the healthy, NHRC tells Tihar Jail

Prison operator agrees to reforms

Book helps inmates see value of being a dad

Officials trying to reduce jail count

More Aiken County inmates on death row

Volunteers and mock job fair help inmates prepare for employment search

Inmates to cook turkeys for homeless in Baltimore

N.J. prisons safe No homicides, three suicides in 18-month stats

Former Greenville jailer pleads guilty to having sex with inmate

Tazewell County guard admits to sex with inmate

Attorney for Death Row inmate Williams challenges evidence

Family of tribal inmate files wrongful death lawsuit against feds


November 12


Suspension of prisoner program to continue

More prisoners than any country in the world

Low Moss Prison

14 life-term inmates freed

Inmates to cook turkeys for homeless in Baltimore

Inmates Complain of Conditions; Officials Threaten to Shut Jail Down

Inmates at Work

State averts showdown by taking three incompetent inmates

MIJ donates sporting goods to inmates

Inmates might stay next to arena

Inmates conduct hunger strike

Assembly OKs Communion wine for inmates

Most people in Anamosa's Ward 2 are prison inmates

Death row inmate's life hangs on Schwarzenegger

Prisons open tattoo parlours


November 11


U.S. Justice Department files damning report on V.I. prison

Prison ministry helps inmates

Sheriff Illegally Withholding Records on Orleans Parish Prison, ACLU Lawsuit Charges

Union accuses prison system's investigators of intimidating members

Part II: Bill Erpenbeck Prison Interview

Troubled youth jail still failing mentally ill

Young offenders 'are being forced to convert to Islam'

Disabled Prisoner’s Suit Brings ‘States Rights’ Clash

House OKs funds for prisons

Prisoners help build Beaver Dam Wal-Mart

Alaska's new jet flies prisoners out of state

Disabilities act applies to prisoners, inmate in wheelchair argues

Judge gives ‘rules’ for jail lawsuit mediation


November 10


Pride of the prisoners

Burmese prisoners’ health conditions deteriorate

Nepal Constitution Day brings cheer only to prisoners

ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Protect Rights of Disabled Prisoners

Obasanjo Raises Panel on Prisons Reform

State's Large Signs Warn Drivers Near Prisons

Sick, hurt inmates drive up health costs

County plans to charge inmates for stay

County to take in Berks female inmates

'Nothing to fear' from inmates' days out

Inmate death brings jailer drug charges

Prison guard dismissed after inmate's shocking

Appeals Pending As Another Texas Inmate Faces Execution

Judge won't force-feed inmate — yet

Judge rejects suit by Alabama inmate

Justices consider disabled inmate's suit


November 9


Highlighting a Tragic Chink in the Criminal Justice System

Remand prisoners get go-ahead to sue judges

State prisons create uneven council districts

Alaska Prison System Adds LexisNexis Legal Research Terminals to Prison Libraries

Disabled prisoners at issue in high court

Prisons understaffed, Dwight local says

Office of Public Defender gets 1,000 inmates out of prison

New jails bring no respite to prisoners

County to start taking out-of-county inmates

State inmates in Prentiss jail a quandary

20 at forum decry 'broken' prison system

Taft to delay Spirko execution

Death row case dismissal upheld

Police: Jail Guard May Be Responsible For Inmate's Death

State police investigate use of electric shock on inmate

Inmate Hospitalized After Prison Fight

Judge rejects suit by Alabama inmate handcuffed to hitching post

Invest in Ky. prison alternatives

Lawsuit over prisoner's suicide settled

Nobel Nominee and Death Row Prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams Files Petition for Clemency

Alito has history of rejecting prisoner First Amendment claims


November 8


Correction for prisoners with kindness

Why Should Prisoners Not Vote?

Islam may be radicalising jails

NECC distributes eggs to jail inmates

Inmates learn a trade, give back to community

Inmates: Talks with attorneys should not be recorded

3 South Prisons run out of food

De-caf Prisons Not Such a Crazy Idea, Says Calgary Business-woman

Convicted man chooses prison

Kentucky facing prison population increase, overcrowding

Activist Killed in Prison Received Death Threats


November 7


Tragedy and travesty

REBOUND program helps inmates grow by training troubled dogs

Whitley County Jail reopens, recalls inmates

Taser called a vital tool in controlling inmates

Inmates hold the keys to the doors in hi-tech prison fiasco

Executions in N.C. early in the morning

Inmate's breast cancer went undetected

Former inmate tells of torture

Public to get say on closing prisons

$11m upgrade for prisons

Prisoner 'beaten to death'

Dead 'chocolate bar' prisoner exonerated

Filmmaker Charged for Talking with Prisoner

Prisoner Has Name and Marathon Number (49997)

Prisoners’ children pay a price

Almost one in three of Scotland's female prisoners in jail for shoplifting

Mentally ill Canadian prisoners increase but services inadequate: report


November 6


Des Moines woman draws inmates to art

Inmate medical costs on decline

Reno lawyer suing warden

Report finds Monterey County Jail too full, inefficient

Inmate's lawsuit may force jail pod opening

County jail earns $18,830 for housing state inmates

Gas price drives up cost of housing inmates

Inmates didn't have staph infection

Mentally ill inmates left untreated

Taunting contributed to inmate's suicide

Record numbers in US prisons

Mexico's prisons are home to drug lords

Libya pardons 622 prisoners for Ramadan

Crime down, Prisoners up

Old prisoners not getting early parole

Still adjusting to life without bars

Payback sought for years in prison

Update/ Prison guards guilty of assault


November 5


Powerful, Addictive Narcotics Given To Prison Inmates

Inmates moved into new Grant Parish jail

State can penalize prison operator

Women's prison has a new contract

Former Oklahoma Co. jailer charged with assaulting inmates

Uproar at prisoner tattoo bid

Prisoners with mental illness on upswing: report

Youth prison closing prompts suit from owners, village and township

Bucks County Prison Inmate Federal Civil Rights Case Settles

Japan 'water hose' jailors freed


November 4


Jail food not nutritious, inmate sues

Judge Upholds Ruling That Inmate Can Be Force Fed

30-year Florida death row inmate loses another appeal

New trial for death row inmate

Inmates held too long still eligible for cash

Novelist-inspired inmates use power of the pen to plead case

CCSO Jail graduates 10 inmates

Prison ministry helps inmates begin new lives

Few Prisoners Enroll in College Classes

Number in prison or on supervision nearly 7 million

Missouri invests in closed prison

Overhaul of prison health system delayed


November 3


Supreme Court Could Hear an Alito Case

Teaching role for prison staff urged in report

Crowded jails, tight budgets puts guards at risk

Commission considers problems at prisons

Sheriff's Department Refutes Inmate Abuse Allegations

Inmate pleads for help from death row

University hospital seeks help to care for inmates

NGO seeks international help for inmates

Inmates road gang to clean Manatee

Civic clubs urge more aid for female inmates

Can O’Connor’s prisons get any worse?

Criminals not paying debts in full

Prison inmates roam free


November 2


Democrats to hold hearing on youth prison

Britain's prison crisis

Fear and self harm

HM grants amnesty to 462 prisoners

Pagan priest hired to help prisoners

Look into building new inmate facility

Teen wearing inmate costume causes jail to lockdown

County Restricting Use Of Inmate Labor

Warrant for ex-inmate who lost prison employee suit

Lawyer: Order to force-feed inmate is unconstitutional

Inmates will enter facility by October 2006

Court won't hear Idaho inmates' appeals: Dunlap, Pizzuto both on death row for murders in state

Inmate to leave prison as a dental technician

Summit prosecutor rips Petro for saying prisoner is innocent


November 1


Study backs growing move for sentencing reform for drug offenders

Big Mags puts her art into jail time

Female inmates more common western Massachusetts

Prison offers vocational training for inmates

State opens "safe house" for incarcerated youth on Big Island

Youth prison still in ‘chaos’

Prisons chief: jail must be last resort

Women prisoners on the rise

More Vermont prisoners serving sentences for life

Play to confront issues of prisoners' children

Alaska prisoners serving time Outside means hardship for families

Inmate to leave prison as a dental technician

Inmate cleanups await vote

Officials leery of inmate personal ads seeking pen pals

Govt urged to make more noise for death row inmate

Broward sheriff says without electricity at stockade, risk of inmate violence grows

Jail inmate sips juice, continues to refuse food

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