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January 31


Special meth units in prisons make sense

The world of prisons in need of correction

Barlinnie inmates face smoking ban

Court denies retrial request

Case might slow executions

Inmates help pay for work-release program

Census Bureau, Activists Debate How and Where to Count Inmates

Inmates want jail-based rehab program
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Drugs: Fini, prison not the solution to drug addiction

Study looks at alternatives to prison

System gave former inmate key to success

Attorneys Argue Md. Death-Row Inmate's Case

Transcript delay OK, court rules

South Carolina Supreme Court grants death row inmate new trial
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Prisoners claim $5M in compo
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Prisoners complain of race abuse
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Prisoner crafts fitting memorial

More Prisoner Surveillance wont Stem Drug Flow

Thousands of Indigenous prisoner’s lose the right to vote

Prisoner finds freedom singing with inmate choir


January 30


Freedom and celebrity

Exonerations stir bids to expand DNA testing

Ex-prisoner takes long road to law school

Prisoner Of Pain

DNA Evidence Leaves No Doubt

The $40 Lawyer — Judgment

New archive collects prisoners' last pleas for life

Amnesty to reduce character effect on prisoners

The price of punishment

Inmate in Maryland doles out advice on death-row Web log
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Death penalty opponents rally

Paducah police say they weren't told about escapee

Gil Spencer: Inmate Becker explains his side of the story

Residents plan to grill CYF over youth prison

Educator helps break prison cycle

More prison chapels to be built this year

No clear timeline for prison sex probe

Revealed: The Crime Wave in Scotland’s worst prison

‘Officers’ morale has plummeted under the strain’
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Prisons and Religion: "Nightline" Ignores Colson, Highlights Liberal Barry Lynn
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Jackson, state toss fewer felons into prison system

Mentors transform lives in state youth prisons

Inmates' lawsuits top $5m

Doing time on the job

Half of inmates use meth
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Inmates taught to rock jailhouse

The price of punishment

Westmoreland sheriff asks for help, money


January 29


High Hopes for Faith-Based Prisons

Parole reform failures keep California prisons overcrowded

Inmates from Malvern prison help clean up Arkadelphia, Caddo Valley

Inmates don't deserve exercise yard

Assault with bodily fluids could earn inmates extra time

Center gives inmates tools to thrive

State prisons Director Roger Walker outlines plan for treating meth addicts

Crowded prisons force review

Deathrow inmate blogs in last days

Escaped inmate turns out to be false alarm

Should Texas Prisoners Be Counted As County Residents?
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Second inmate killed at California prison

Priest Helps Release of Freed Prisoner


January 28


Federal Judge Blasts Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Does a demonstrably innocent person have a constitutional right to not be killed by the state?

DNA evidence exonerates inmate in rape
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High Court Says Agents' Immunity Appeal Is Premature

Jury clears homeowner who took cop for intruder

Frw5bn to Fight Aids in Prisons

The Law, The Convict and The Prisons launched

Packed prisons, elusive reforms

Indiana executes inmate for 1981 slayings
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Taylor prison to hold immigration detainees

Legislators discuss options for prison space

Hardline group to join European prison trip

Census Change Would Hem Prison-Town Assets

Prison workers win pay dispute
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Prisoner recalls 'rise by 250%'
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Prisoner-rights group re-opens


January 27


Penalty phase
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Group wants female inmates back in state

Inmates' suit of jail settled

Condemned inmate appeals for clemency

Hearing Scheduled To Halt Md. Inmate's Execution
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First Texas inmate put to death this year

High court stays inmate's execution; impact could be far-reaching
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Prisons, too, must act

Community efforts keep area prisons open

Plan for older prisoners not exactly liberating

Drugs: Capezzone, prison risk for hundreds of youths

Prisoner Of Pain

Appeals court lowers prisoner's legal fees award to $1.50

Bedford guard accused of sex with prisoner

After four years, prisoner could be released

Warm home awaits a 10-year prisoner


January 26


Male inmate raped, says kin
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Local Jail Plans to Release Prisoners Early
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Scheme aids ex-prisoners

Suspects congest prisons

Private prison in Eloy won't have contract renewed
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Nevada inmate opts to stay in prison
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Corrections starting prison lockdown, search policy

Lawsuits Filed In Inmates' Deaths
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Officer assaulted inmates, suit says

Herkimer Co. spent $700,000 to send prisoners elsewhere

Housing inmates from out of town profitable for jail

Prison inmates plan phone protest
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Minnesota prison gives state until March to move inmates
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Ohio releases 31 inmates after review of parole cases
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High Court Delays Fla. Inmate Execution
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January 25


DNA Allows Group To Fight Injustice

Prison inmates plan phone protest

Lawyers grill attorney of death-row inmate
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Inmate's Death Sentence Fought
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Transitional inmate contract up for vote

Prisoners have got the needle - but don't panic

Hanoi gives amnesty to 172 prisoners on Lunar New Year
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Zamfara to Establish Own Prisons

Malaysia to ban strip-squats in prisons

Prisons director says agency should keep operating in the black

Corrections fires 21 prison officers for misconduct

Legislators say new prison unlikely this year

Suit May Be Filed In Prisoner's Death

Prisoner bags gold medal

Minors could visit child abusers under prison officials' proposal

State lawmakers press for answers about prison 'peacekeepers'
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Did a Rikers corrections officer abuse teen inmates?

Monterey Co. sheriff begins iris scans of inmates

Moving state inmates out of jails overdue

Former Walworth County inmates sue jail

Prisons Grant Inmates Permission to Visit Families

ACLU sues for Wyo inmates


January 24


At long last: 'You're a free man'
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An Alternative To Incarceration
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Inmates perform at local church

Help awaits former inmates

Sedgwick County scatters inmates

Corrections Frets Over Aging Inmates

Finding space for female prisoners

Remission to prisoners on Rublic Day

Why American prisons are the next big thing

Prisons' use of 'trusties' to be investigated after two deaths
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Report: Majority of prison sexual violence instigated by staffers
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Prison authorities failing vulnerable inmates, says report

Prison workers concerned over cuts

Call to widen prison inquiry
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Florida man freed by DNA after decades in prison
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Prisoner release proposals unveiled
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Warder guilty of prisoner assault


January 23


Prisoner turns teacher

Tomorrow freedom comes, 24 years late

State should consider costs of geriatric inmates

Musical jail cells for area fed inmates

Investigators probe Calif. prison system

To a freed inmate, only family's love is familiar

Choir helps an inmate reconnect with his family

Wrongly Jailed, ex-Inmate Receives a $757,000 Award

Livingston voters pass jail tax

Prisoners' last meals fascinate the public

State prisons in dire straits

Lost file sets prisoner free

High-tech prison runs on the 'Big Brother' principle

Rank incompetence and talk. lots of talk

Investigation into prison rapes launched
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Yepsen: Don't dillydally: Build the prison

Soda Springs Senator's Idea for Prisons Draws National Interest

Prisons in need of upgrading

Lack of guards, low pay problematic for prisons

Panel to seek fewer prisoner repeats

Leavenworth Prison workers protest staff cuts
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Castelli: I Regret Not Having Closed Some Prisons

75% inmates are suspects – official

Chickenpox outbreak in Madurai prison

Nearly half Alicante jail inmates are immigrants

Program will allow testing of inmates

Family of fatally beaten inmate sues Md.

DNA tests that freed one brother may convict another

Looking at the future, not past

Medical provider may lose contract

Files show past arrests, reprimands

Two jail staffers left after inmate death

Inmate's Lawyers File Legal Challenges
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Federal inmate lockdown to end at North Las Vegas jail

Regional jail authority looks at expansion options

How we treat prisoners is crime against society

Racist abuse continues in British prisons

Zim prisoners 'denied food'


January 21


A Bang for the Buck: Considering Outcomes in Alternatives to Incarceration

DNA, and wife's perseverance, lead to freedom
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Deputies Dispute Family's Claims They Killed Inmate
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Jail gets help from new K-9 'officer'

Care of mentally ill prisoners costly for jails

Michigan Prisoners Will be Released Early
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Jails boss rejects idea of using ex-crims as guards

Prisoners to share cells
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“Dropping your Soap in the Shower and, that’s…okay!”
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Inmates at Central Jail are eager students

Inmates give account of woman's last hours

Prison choirs help redeem inmates
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Prisoners claim sexual abuse

Alarming rise in mental disorders among Tihar inmates

US prisoner executed
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Fayose Moves to Decongest Prisons

Zambia : Government has procured mattresses for all the prisons around the country
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Partnership Saves Taxpayers Millions

New Health Care System in Jails and Prisons

MP’s questions on prisons cost £17,000

Union demands prison hires
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Worker doubts on new prison
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Payoff closer in prison case
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Prison blowout 'half a billion'
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January 20


'Prisoners being raped daily'

Prisoners to be shackled for hospital

Inmates not afraid of law and order promises but despise gun registry

End solitary for mentally ill inmates, advocates say

Cameron County inmates protest bad food
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Jail steps up efforts to help inmates

Inmates Lose Tobacco Privileges

First 10 inmates to be released under review of parole cases
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Court denies prisoner's appeal to stop execution
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Ex-prisoner wins apology, record cash award

Sex cases in prisons cost state $719,000
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Commissioner: New beds immediate solution to relieve overcrowding

Ex-convict suing Prisons for RM347m
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State prisons department: Misconduct allegations are exaggerated
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Lawmakers talking about more money for prisons

California falters in commitment to youth prisons
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Escape prompts prison industries move from Fort Madison
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Questions raised after a series of prison escapes in NSW

Dutch prison to track its inmates
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January 19


Web Site: Traficant Banned From Prison Art Workshop
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Killer off death row, as victim's kin asked

Closure on Mr. Coleman
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Inmate wants court to block his execution

Fewer guards for each inmate

Kansas City inmates to get help from aid agency

Jail brings in $367,000

Thousands of inmatesreleased early; sheriffsays new jail facilitywill be needed soon

Johnson County keeps inmates on the move

Jail Guards Allegedly Smuggled Drugs To Inmates
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Women inmates claim rape and sue ex-sergeant and state

Mumbuwa Urges Judiciary to Review Prisons' Sentencing Policy

$140.8 million budget blow-out for 2 new prisons

Petty criminals could avoid court

Youth imprisonment: SmartJustice: Prison are universities of crime

Dutch open super-modern 'big brother' prison


January 18


Drug Offenders In The Corrections System — Prisons, Jails and Probation

Death row inmate Miyazaki set up anti-death penalty Web site

Prisoners help housing association solve birds dilemma

Why not use prisoners to clean-up?

Treatment of female prisoners in forefront
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71 Prisoners Shortlisted For Presidential Pardon

Prisoners To Have TV And Radio Sets

Prisoners to get vacations from cells
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Insurance for lifers in Bhopal jails

County prison inmates should work in Allentown

Panel OKs limits on sending inmates out of state

Editorial | Consider the cost, Pa.

Safety fears for inmates at overcrowded female jails
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More Women in State Prisons, Jails

Packed prisons: Finding a fix
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NSW Opposition says prisons 'overflowing'
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Disputed Study: Rape Rare in Prisons
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Inspector hits out at prison officers
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State paid $365,000 in prison camp discipline case
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Women's prison: Goodbye macaroni, hello broccoli
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Governor says new prison may make sense

Extra Chemicals Needed To Execute Allen
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January 17


Hawaii sending team to Kentucky to investigate inmate's death
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Court blocks inmate death inquiry

Courthouse options run out for condemned Calif inmate
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Prisoners’ right organisation speaks out on overcrowding

Four prisoners down with cholera

Carlisle inmates remember Martin Luther King Jr.

Colorado prisons return to beef

Prisons crack-down on deliveries

Prisons to treat meth addicts

Criminals as prison guards dangerous, stupid

New women's prison is a big win for Chillicothe

Appeals court refuses to reinstate lawsuit on prison sentence


January 16


Probation and sex offenders

On the job with probation officers Rebecca Wolf and Joe Sabella

Judgment calls

Inmate charges mail-tampering by jailers

State's oldest condemned inmate set to die without reprieve from courts

Red Tape Lets Guards Rape Prisoners, Suit Argues

Interim facility to relieve overcrowded county jail

'The Pit'

State puts more focus on female inmates
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Prisoner's fundraiser a huge success

Former prisoner rebuilds life

Prison budget shifts strategy
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Freed prison journalist 'wakes up in heaven every morning'
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Gov wants prison units to treat meth offenders
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Prison jobs open to crims

75 prisoners taken ill in Tiruchi prison


January 15


Behind the bars: Loud, jampacked Staton shows prison system woes

It's a long road to gain a settlement

Report: Inmate wasn't raped
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Inmate charged in slaying wants hearing operation

King pardons, commutes 970 prisoners`s sentences

County jail to house federal prisoners

Prisoners want their pay increased

List Of Articles Allowed To Prisoners To Be Elaborated

Inmates get training in hospice care

'Bar drug personalities from visiting inmates'

Some inmates to get parole lifted
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Inmates interested in parties' law-and-order platforms
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State looking to step-up services for departing inmates
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Prisons need more officers

Board makes no recommendation on prison's future
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Walk the Line to screen at Folsom Prison


January 14


Prosecutor: Set inmate free

Why are prisons so overcrowded?

Nigeria ex-convict preaches reform

Prisoners show off what they can do

Prisoners' Children Need Support

Sentencing reform bills move ahead

State looking to step-up services for departing inmates

Neglect & Inadequate Healthcare in South Carolina Prisons a Rampant Problem

No-confidence vote for prison bosses

A Duty to Learn the Truth

Science topples firm belief
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Yaphank jail inmate housing capacity reviewed

Nurse says she worried about inmate's safety when she made report

Inmate Says He's Too Old for Execution


January 13


Waiting for justice

Prisoners Are Not Animals But Human Beings

New technology enables prisoners to appear in court without leaving prisons

Funds go to aid inmates, families

Idaho Lawmaker's Hot Cot Concept Grabbing Global Attention

Compassionate Conservatism: Idaho Inmates to Hot-Bunk?

Former corrections officer charged with raping female inmates

Art lets minds move beyond prison walls

State Offers In-Prison Treatment For Molester, Asks For Longer Sentence

Prison rent in '05 lower than expected

Prison spending spree may thwart reform

Cell Phones In Prisons

Smoke ban 'will not cover prisons and care homes'
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Inmate goes from man to woman and back on NHS
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Top Doctor to Leave Unit That Monitors Inmate Medical Care

Justices debate case of condemned inmate
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January 12


Study shows some crack prison terms shorter since ruling on sentencing guidelines
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$50M urged for sex felon lockups

Stillwater State Prison, Lino Lakes Correction Facility are 2 beneficiaries of Pawlenty's public safety bonding proposal

Chillicothe will host new women’s prison
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Why are prisons so overcrowded?

Corrections Corporation of America Receives Federal Bureau of Prisons Notice Not to Exercise Renewal Option at Eloy Detention Center

Enlarging prisons could get expensive

Tax revenue boosts governor's budget - Where money goes: Prisons, education…

Nigeria: In overcrowded prisons, survival is a daily battle

Inmate sues state over beating

Policy withholds inmate death announcements

Medical Examiner: Taser contributed to Lee County inmate's death
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No Reprieve For Elderly, Blind Death Row Inmate
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U.S. justices question death row inmate's guilt

Prisoners too pricey

Buying more beds won't suffice for Idaho prisons

Idaho ponders having prisoners sleep in shifts

Inmates suffer setbacks after release, study finds

Inmates tranquillised only when necessary

Dozens of victims mistakenly told inmates released

Allegheny County officials to inspect alternative housing for inmates

Clinton Jail Guard Pleads To Sexual Assault Of Inmates

County to put inmates to work

Inmate sues over prison riot
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Stomach illness hits Monterey jail inmates
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Is prisoner voting productive for society?

The Prisoner and the Millionaire

Officer accused of beating prisoner to be fired

High court sides with prisoner
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DNA could free longtime inmate

High court told Florida lethal injection method cruel punishment


January 11


Closure halts at sheriff's inmate work center

Funding assurances leave work center open

Second chances -- College for convicts

Clothing industry would be a good fit for state prisons

Inmate sues in Wyoming saying he was beaten in Nevada prison

75 Inmates report nausea, diarrhea at Monterey County jail

Local inmates find hope & worth in retreat, Christmas Mass and faithful volunteers

For Beijing prison inmates life is not dead end

Lawmakers want fewer inmates

Amnesty Int'l welcomes Nigeria's initiative to release 25,000 inmates
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Judge praises prison health care progress
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Prison objection 'proves plan is doomed'

Gov.: Expand Prisons, Keep Sex Offenders Longer
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Three fired from sheriff's office for inmate mistreatment

Ninety-Nine-Year-Old Inmate Will Be Paroled
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Supreme Court Sides With Ga. Inmate
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California's Governor Is Pushing For More Prisoners

Pardoned prisoners not yet out


January 10


Crime Currency Exhibited

Prison under investigation after journalist gains entry
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Prison bosses rapped after MPs are misled

Four large prisons to be completed this year

Prisons Decongestion: Sokoto Citizens Commend FG

Alabama prisons close to crisis

NZ Flu: lock prisons, walk away

Muslim Inmate Complains Ohio Jail Served Him Pork
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Thousands of Nigerian prisoners to be released

Al Fujairah Ruler Grants Amnesty to 75 Prisoners
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Jones studies house arrest

State, Cascade jail locked in dispute
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Number of prison suicides increases

County seeks jail expansion
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Jail condoms draw fire in U.S., Namibia

Inmates awarded $160,000
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January 9


Bird flu plan for prisons draws civil liberty concerns
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Addiction, AIDS and shackles
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County jail an unsettling place even to visit

State prisons fuel crowding at county jails

Opening of Adelanto Jail will bring some improvement

"We have a process," Burleigh County Sheriff Steve Berg said.

Inmate health-care bid draws praise, criticism

Inmates near release from Decatur Correctional Center focus on the future

33% of Jordanian inmates held without trial

8% of its inmates are junkies

Freed 25,000 inmates

Logan County Inmates May Soon Pay For Jail Time

Escapee caught after 15 years sent to prison

Life in Beijing Women's Prison
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January 8


Portrait of America's Legal System As Seen From the Outside
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Lee supervisors seek more funding for road, inmate programs

Finding answers for state prisons

'Slop out' ruling could prove costly

Prisoners can receive only correspondence by mail

Red Tape Lets Guards Rape Women Prisoners, Suit Argues

Nigeria to free half its prisoners

Doyle Vetoes School Bill, Signs Prisoner Sex Change Prohibition

Forsyth jail changes chapel rules after escape

Inmates assist work crews during severe storm conditions

Video link connects judges with inmates at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center

Idaho senator suggests sleep shifts in prisons

Group seeks funds to help former inmates

Trial over state care for mentally ill inmates ends

Wrongly convicted man tries to move on after prison
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China's NGOs raise beneficence to women's prison in Beijing

Lock them up to die - prison bird flu plan


January 7


Man, in prison since 1993, seeks new trial after woman recants
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Taoka defends prison condition

Ex-inmate files federal lawsuit against jail, alleges racketeering
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State postponing inspection of mainland prison following inmate death

Report reveals new details on deadly inmate beating
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Former DCC officer admits to affair with inmate

MYP bases to accommodate prisoners

PMUC Plays Father Christmas to Prisoners

Nigeria to free half its prisoners

FG okays measures to decongest prisons

Prisons and agricultural production

Prisons in the balance
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Program Recruits Inmates To Train Service Dogs

Testimony Continues in Trial on Mental Health Care for Inmates
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Doubling up

Texas Girl Says Abuse Claims Were Coerced by Mom

County still 'farms out' jail inmates


January 6


The price we pay for filling our prisons

Pump House hosts prison art show

Death Row Inmate's Request for Pen Pals Alarms Victim's Family

Second ex-jailer says he beat inmate

No clemency hearing for inmate, 75

San Mateo County settles suit over female inmate's suicide

Jail sets record for prisoners

Prisoners’ right to vote under fire

O.C. women prisoners "looped" to ease jail crowding

Prisoner watches his daughter’s funeral on video link to church

'Prisoner' digs deep into Mandela files

More attention should be paid to county prisons

Colorado prisons to be full this year
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Paring down plans for Yaphank jail

Forum addresses bill for Virginia inmates

Nixon collects almost $749,000 from inmates

High sick leave among prison staff
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Tories promise minimum prison terms
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Historic prison locked down after 145 colourful years
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Zimbabwe: Children endure the handships of prison life

Nigeria to free 25,000 prison inmates
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January 5


Folsom Prison gets a visit from screen's man in black
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Gov’t To Reduce Congestion In Prisons

First federal prisons will be inaugurated soon

New inmate health care contractor's record spotty

Colorado prisons to be full this year

SA’s prisons filled to bursting point
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Death row inmates allowed to bid farewell to families

Inmates maintaining Veteran's Cemetery

Over 50,000 inmates in Morocco, official

Jail inmates work for a pittance

La Crosse County Jail needs better mental health services

McCracken County jail inmates told they need TB tests

Proposed WA prison mail laws may not protect victims

Mexico hires biometrics companies to beef up prison security

Condemned inmate says he won't ask governor for clemency


January 4


The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?

In Prisons, a Little Latex Could Go a Long Way

Record Number of Suicides in California Prisons Last Year

In-jail dialysis explored

Jail inmates dine on Sheriff Arpaio's big gumbo

Building a better prison

Family of vegetative inmate files lawsuit

Inmate activity at THP office investigated

Counties strain to meet inmate health-care costs

Jailer charged with injuring inmate
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Jailer fired for allowing inmate to have sex
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Early release is no easy task for female prisoners
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Prisoners eligible to vote in election

State prisoners struggle with life outside bars

Cops flout court order, rearrest prisoners

Room for compromise on prisoner records


January 3


Ogun gov grants 6 prisoners amnesty

Former Sevier inmate seeks appeal after judge dismisses civil rights claim

Holiday Clemency Has an Inmate Suddenly Looking Homeward

Record California inmate suicides are double national rate
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Prison Inmates Set to Vote

Justice motive of death penalty

State expects number of executions to rise
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The Year in Death

Death Wish

Changing Attitudes About the Death Penalty

Governor faces clemency decision in another death penalty case

Number of inmates on Ohio's death row declines in 2005

Kentucky State Reformatory will be latest prison to go smoke-free
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Sex abuse, death penalty and new prison occupy lawmakers

Is quality of prison health care in jeopardy?

Ezra, Olmert sign private prison deal
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January 2


Care for the mentally ill falls to jails

Committee reviewing prisoners rights preparing first report

‘Even 1% reduction in corruption will be an achievement’

Govt striving for the betterment of female and juvenile prisoners: CM

Prisoner medical bills in limbo

State credits new procedures for reduction in inmate suicides
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Legislators support proposed inmate rehab centers

Inmate crews pick up debris
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Let’s look at New Mexico model of criteria for placing inmates

State inmate issue in court again

Video hearings used for some parole matters

Judge: We must prioritize inmates

County inmates face start of new year behind bars

'About Face' program gives inmates a way to stay out

Kenya's inmates feed the starving
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Prison, juvie flashpoints

Transition from prison to workplace often difficult

Prison system changes focus of suicide prevention efforts

Weak prison security aids escape

Tensions run high at state prison

Drop in prison suicides in 2005
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January 1


Helping prisoners free their spirits

Officer on suspension after brawl with inmate

Award to former inmate reduced

Survey: Legislators show support of proposed inmate rehab centers

Mother of inmate says son's stabbing more severe than stated

PBA reaches out to inmates

Kenyan inmates fast over drought
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11 grandmas get best Christmas gift

Inmates' pardon questioned

2005 N.J. Prison Brawl Still Up for Debate

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