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March 31


Harvey: Reconnecting with prisoner after long hiatus

Arts: Indigenous Prisoner art showcased in Townsville

Corrections ex-chief may lose pension

High court weighs rights of foreign defendants

Inmate and freedom campaigner split

Court says NY sex criminals can be held past end of sentence

Prison officials need options to change inmate behavior

Inmate is executed for 1993 slaying
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Plan would allow private prisons

HIV education working in SA prisons - study

Judge blames prison woes on fixed sentences

S.Africa must tackle prison overcrowding - judge
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Prison Remodeling
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Inmates express staph concerns

Bill offering media access to prison inmates clears Senate committee

Mistaken release of inmates spurs probe

No medication for many HIV-positive Nevada inmates

Clallam to ship some inmates to Forks

Alamance to house felony inmates


March 30


Dixon agrees to house county prisoners at higher daily rate

Theater members take show to prisoners
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Prisoners’ rights may impede punishment

Ex-Prisoners With Court Debt Must Have Vote, Judge Rules

US court to rule on prisoner's challenge to Bush

Oregon's longest-held prisoner dies

Prisoner population swells driving up overtime costs

More prisons to take visitors' biometrics

Record number of inmates in Czech prisons

Prison officials ban peanut butter to stop contraband

Judge OKs media in prison hearing

Reception is cool to idea of inmate video-cam visits

Inmate thanks guard who saved him from fire

Acting warden takes over at San Quentin

Relatives Sue Over Inmate's Slaying by Prison Guard

Deputy sentenced for having sex with inmate
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Prankster suspended

Lawsuit filed over Lexington inmate's death
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Officers under fire amid rumors of sex with inmates

South Africa: ARV Solution Sought for HIV-Positive Inmates
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Inmates could aid in La. cleanup, senator says

GED classes are again available to jail inmates

Inmate healthcare a heavy burden

Bill would put inmates to work

Prison to paycheck: Program helps ex-cons find work

Judge blocks plan to transfer inmates

Inmates prepare for release


March 29


Classes teaching inmates WhyTry

Inmates Doubling Up and Sleeping on the Floor
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Inmates fined over butt ban

Inmates clean up Dumont Park graffiti

Allegations Of Sex Between Female Inmates; Jailers

Leadership qualities displayed by former prisoner

Report: Prisoner releases on the rise

Prisoners' side struggles in reading-material case
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Prison option eyed for young accused

Prison Fellowship Ministry Partners With CCA To Provide Offenders with Re-Entry and Aftercare Support


March 28


Overwhelmed with offers, ex-con gratefully employed

Inmate grant helps train dogs

Inmate Plan May Be Scuttled

Inmate medical costs cut

Inmate held naked for 3 days: lawyer

500 HIV-positive inmates embark on hunger strike
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Fewer inmates in rehab courses
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Plan gives mentally ill option to jail

Inmates are searched

Martin to play Death Row prisoner

Prisoners 'treated inhumanely'

Fresh ideas can help Alabama's prisons

Prisons in for years of U.S. probe

Justices Review Prison Disciplinary Rules
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Prison guards face trial over CPR statements


March 27


Death row inmate's art touches on the sacred, profound

Jail numbers drop to a four-year low

Prisoners help cyclone victims rebuild

Execution by injection faces scrutiny
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Serving meals, serving tim

A prisoner defies the odds with his shot at a new trial

Dangerous inmates fly around NZ

Location, location, location works for jail

Judge: Non-convicted inmates can vote

Inmates grow old, health costs rise
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Do you think Kansas should have private prisons?

Slots could put strain on county prisons

Prison plan draws critics

San Quentin State Prison: $2.000 PRIZE for YOUR stories on SQ

Prison not bed of roses
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March 26


Caribbean Prison Inmate Art Makes Splash In Harlem

Is it a Prison?

Rose Parker is Free At Last – 20 Years Later

Judicial complex proposed for prisons

Jail space is still at a premium

Judge orders new trial or release of prisoner in death case

Prisoner flees after release to test kidney donation

Jacobs says feed carp to inmates

Mentally ill inmates putting strain on jails

King pardons 216 inmates

CIW offers 'Women in History' program to inmates

Inmates protest decision by sheriff to cut meal sizes
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Transgender inmate wants sex change
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Federal jury awards (m) millions to inmate's parents
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Court denies death inmate's petition

DNA evidence to be retested in death row inmate's case
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Released inmate unsettles police

Polk Inmate's Death Part of Bigger Issue

Sometimes convicts return from our prisons as armed robbers

Prisons and a whole lot more

GESO takes Yale to task over private prisons

Director of NY prisons requests to reinstate deported to Dominican society

State prison lockdown entering fourth week
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Berkeley Pastor Journeys from Prison to Parish

New prison on jail site backed
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Federal prison workers rally in El Reno

Scabies forces prison isolation


March 25


No Trouble in Prison; in Trouble Outside

Only tough-minded reforms will fix the Department of Corrections

Governor signs bill giving $1 million to two former prisoners
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Getting Prisoners Back on Track

DNA To Be Retested In Case Of Death Row Inmate
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Indian River County inmate sues over 23-hour lockdown

Dona Ana County inmates sue over strip searches
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Inmates treated for skin ailments

Fewer county inmates can be transferred to state prison

Ex-jail guard convicted of raping female inmates
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Inmates find the answers
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Caddo Commissioners Urge Inmates to Use Generic Drugs

Richland wisely hires new company to care for inmates

Model prisons planned to improve inmates’ conditions

Transgendered inmate demands sex change

Officials look to expand work release

AP Interview: New prisons chief to take new approach on funding

Overcrowding plagues central prisons in Stat

Search is on for prison positions
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Florida catches thief in prison softball scam
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Smarter answers for prison crunch

Nevada parole chief disputes critical report


March 24


Cleaning up the Corrections Department

Jail employees discover 5th prisoner mistakenly released

Suicidal prisoner had asked staff for help

Death row inmate seeks clemency
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County raises fee to jail cities' inmates

Empty cells at new jail

Inmates file suit against county, jailer
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Who'll guard the inmates?

Port Townsend may send its inmates to Chelan County instead of Port Hadlock

Caddo may make inmates use generic drugs to save taxpayer dollars

18 sacked after anti-corruption drive at prisons
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State senator says overcrowded prisons are a 'ticking time bomb'
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State lawmakers protest Doyle’s plan for prisons

Katrina’s prisoners

Statistics show high numbers of unsentenced prisoners

Prisoners clear trash from local road


March 23


DNA frees 18-year prisoner
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Panel hears plan to keep the mentally ill out of jail

Miss. death row inmate resentenced after mental retarded ruling

Nueces County jail wrongly frees third inmate in two months

City to get inmate work squad

Use of inmate labor questioned

Alliances invited for girl inmates at women’s home

Pitchess May Jail Mentally Ill Inmates

NZ's "four star" prisons

Federal Bureau Of Prisons To Issue "Request For Proposal" Notice To Corrections Corp. Of America - Update

Firing of Nevada prison guard upheld by hearing officer

County jails to keep state prisoners
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Japanese Seek Transplants in China
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Prisoners get own personal shoppers


March 22


Justices Weigh In on Use of Tapes and Transcripts
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Plymouth County prison officers disciplined over inmate tattoos
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Torture: America'S Brutal Prisons (DVD)

U.N. torture investigator calls China to change police and prisons systems

California Prisons Heading for Desegregation Despite Protests

Socialists Demand Immediate Changes in Management Staff of Prisons

Computer Games Help Rehabilitate Felons In Oregon Prisons

Power on Union backing for Corrections probe

More should be done to help prisoners to keep clear of drugs

Guards Picket Outside Prison
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Meat, Tobacco Found In Barn At Prison

Inmates being treated for skin conditions

Marion inmates served fresh fish to save tax dollars

Crowded County Jail To Stop Accepting Inmates
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Sheriff Accused Of Using Inmates In Campaign
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Clemency for Death Row Inmates to be Discussed


March 21


Prisons and Jails: A responsibility

Japan's rich buy organs from executed Chinese prisoners

U.S. Prisons Not Safe for the Aged: Study

Sumter jail sends away inmates due to crowding

Letter: Sheriff should be treated like everyone else

Mentor program aims to steer inmates' kids to different path

California Prison Shakeup Reveals Urgent Need for Reform, Expert Says
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Consultants: ‘Day-reporting center’ needed

Transporting jail inmates goes step by step

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear guard killer's appeal

Inmate finds path to freedom in jail

Death penalty foes speak out
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Lawyer: Page signs note typed by another inmate
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March 20


Big strides in this year's prisoners' art exhibit

Activist for arts programs in prisons runs down the benefits

Prisons denies funds 'shifted'

NZ prisons: anything goes under O’Connor

Prisons reform report next week

Prisoners can teach value of education

Prisoners should realize mistakes

Who's picking up the tab?

Prisoner drug unit availability a disgrace

Parly to probe prison funding

Bond measure a last resort

The other offenders in Jersey prisons

'Inmates should have conjugal visits'

Commission to consider plan to treat inmates
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Islam and the black inmate

Inmate turns to courts in bid to gain freedom

Problem is policies, not restraints


March 19


Doctor: Beating cut off teen's oxygenn

Prison employees' club funds to be revamped

Prison officers back call for Parliamentary inquiry
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$300 million jail system fix proposed

A tale of two jails

Jail officials discuss measures to rein in violent inmates

Katrina leaves inmates in limbo

Giving inmates, each other hope

Inmates begin move into new dorms

Inmates work to break cycle of criminal behavior

Moldy Air Cuts Into Inmates' Classes

Growing inmate population means more waste in Alabama's rivers

Sheriff to resume boarding prisoners in Dixon jail

Private prison blues

Chris Rock Says Prisoners Have It Too Easy

Additional correctional officers possible for area prisons

Keep youths out of prisons

Private prisons stopgap at best


March 18


Some lawmakers call for arrests of guards, others

Statement by Bay County medical examiner on autopsy

Physical tactics not rare at camp

Another prisons official forced out
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Inmates use their own misguided lives to set an example

Ex-CCI head resigns

Prison proposal has new lease on life

U.S. Supreme Court denies stay request from condemned inmate
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Inmate’s Letters to Attorney Spouse Held Subject to Disclosure

Ex-guard at prison for girls guilty of assaulting inmate

Lawsuit: Inmate was raped

Prisons and agricultural production

Area prisons left out of Ehrlich plan

Proposed State Budget Includes Funding to Keep All Prisons Open

Private prisons just dumps for inmates

Torture Inc. Americas Brutal Prisons

A sensible way to make prisoners behave

Prisoner booking fee bill passes committee

2nd Circuit Finds Privilege May Shield Prisoner's Journal

Mentally Ill Prisoner's Suicide Probed

Psychiatrist gets jail for sexually grabbing prisoner

Long jail terms worsen overcrowding
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End of slopping out at Perth Prison 'a welcome step forward'
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More Alabama male inmates transferred to Louisiana prison
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March 17


Even if we didn't beat him to death, we're responsible

Doctor: Beating, not sickle cell trait, killed teen

Sheriff pleads for boot camp that works

Judge takes hard line on reforming prisons
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Transsexual prisoners can now serve their time in women's prisons

California integrates prisons

Inmate put to death for slayings outside Dallas theater

CCA settles suit in death of inmate

Prisoners play important role as construction begins on Habitat house

Hancox: No 'jail prisoners' used

Kakogawa Prison under fire for handcuffing prisoners' feet

Shanty Children Bring Cheer To Prisoners in India

Zim Police failing to provide food to inmates in holding cells

Idaho inmates on the move again
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Judge: Pay wrongly jailed

Mandatory education for inmates

Inmates might face medical co-pays

Vanderbilt Divinity School Forges New Variety of Prison Ministry

Prisoner Released to Save State Money

Evidence doesn't support prisoner assault allegation

'No more privileges for rapists in prison'
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Prison strike keeps inmates in cells

Nine top prison officials fired
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Juvenile-prison guard convicted of assaulting inmate

Inmate set to be executed for killing woman in '97

Court allows death row inmate to pursue mental retardation claim
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Defendants identified in case of abused inmate


March 16


New autopsy rules out natural causes in death

Prison bound?
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Helping prisoners to respect each other

Third of Finland's discharged prisoners end up homeless

Former Inmates File Suit
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Inmates also have rights

Graham Festival to Reach Inmates for the First Time

Inmates assist with cleanup efforts

Editorial | The Warden, Inmates and E-mail Delete this bad idea


March 15


Doctor speaks out about second autopsy

Doctor: Teen didn't die because of sickle cell

Crosby tried to halt inquiry, state says

Official wants license plate factory moved from Nevada prison
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Prison chief proposes that inmates grow vegetables for Sri Lankan army

Prisons still fail to properly house violent new inmates, review finds
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Idaho will ship 150 prisoners to Texas
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Prisoners visit GM as part of rehab plan

New tents and annex are a step forward, but not a panacea for Brevard jail woes

Prisoners 'In-N-Out' of jail

Oregon Prisoners Enjoying Games
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Prisoner praised for his charity work

Judge blasts inmate practice
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Death Row Inmate Returns To Lubbock For Hearing
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Wilson makes push for inmate abortion policy

Defense Attorneys For Death Row Inmate To Continue Appeal Process

Interim prisons chief probing no-bid deal
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Aryan Brotherhood Racketeering Trials Begin
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March 14


The new architect overseeing prisons

Scottish prisons go gay

Guantanamo on the Mississippi

Prisoner seeks $12 million for effects of second hand smoke

Inmates in Trinidad jail complain of being dehumanised

Geriatric Prisoners Face Unique Challenges

Prisoners` Art Works Exhibition Proceeds

Vermont plans to send prisoners to Oklahoma

Takaful Society for Prisoners Care a safety valve for family, community

Ark. Death Row Inmate Wins New Trial

Sheriff's sergeants use Taser on inmate

Female Prison Workers Charged With Sexual Misconduct

New private prison in Perry County no help to state prison system
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Prison overcrowding case could be dismissed

From the prison cell to the pulpit
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March 13


Body of evidence, again

Prison reform needs reform

Prison instructors to strike
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Rapists 'to get shorter prison sentences'
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Mais' death a blow to prison ministry

Funds: Doing time is money - prisons pay off for fund
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State prisons system to pay $207,500 to settle lawsuit

Prisoner bill spurs controversy / Use of 'substitute prisons' raises issue of suspects' rights

Saudi Arabia: National Association of Human Rights to visit Prisons

Prisons chief says he won't step down

Justice Dept. will focus on health care

Plan improves inmate booking

Ex-death row inmate seeks new prosecutor for rape-murder retrial

Family of evacuated inmate want his remains returned from Angola.

Use of restraint chairs under fire after mentally ill inmate's death

Justice Minister Under Attack Over Death of Sexually Assaulted Inmate
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Report discovers state leads U.S. in parole denials

Nevada prison medical chief retiring

Officials play down Remand food woes
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Honey buns, not nicotine patches, replace cigarettes for inmates

Locked up and locked out

Prisoner priest meets Berkeley congregation

Preparing food for prisoners a burden
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March 12


Boot camp has few successes

Teen's body exhumed for second autopsy

State and family settle inmate-suicide dispute

Prison operator fined over joke strip-search of inmate

Inmate wants out to donate a kidney

County hears inmate medical proposals

FDLE commissioner's son resigns from state prisons
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Study links AIDS, race and prison
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Meth prison slated for Southwestern
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Ex-prisoner finds purpose in theatre

Prisoner priest gets parole, plans to work at Berkeley church

Poison found in jail meal
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Renowned prison administrator speaks at Oroville adult school

Prison needs more cells

Former Citrus County inmates claim human waste was put in food
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New job-skills programs give inmates hope for the future

Vermont to Send Inmates to Oklahoma


March 11


Prisoners' work powerful, engaging and nontraditional

U.S. prison industry: big business or a new form of slavery?

Aging jail needs upgrading

Private prisons not proper solution for Corrections

Prisons refocus on rehab efforts

Jail protects consumer rights of inmates

Area jails brimming

Notorious Convict's Web Ad Canceled

Dentention Center Will Use Giant Tents To House Nonviolent Inmates

Lockdown on prison reform

Inmate: ‘Rat’ admitted lying
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9th Circuit says inmate can sue prison for injury

State fire marshal investigates fire death of inmate

Court affirms ruling on death-row inmate
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Miss. high court orders competency hearing for death row inmate

Jailer accused of sexual assault

Inmate Who Became a Priest Is Paroled by Gov.
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Jailer no longer with sheriff's office after inmate's death ruled a homicide
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Bill would require inmate co-pays for medical care

Prisoner-turned-lawyer faces license suspension
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President Praises Role of Women, Releases 71 Prisoners

Exploding Prison Population and Declining Education and Training Programs Creating "Perfect Storm" for Society

Government Kills Blacks With AIDS Virus


March 10


Inmate's bright idea saves prison money

Inmate dies fighting Sunflower County fire

Outrage After Teen Gets 10 Years for Oral Sex With Girl
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Prisoners' work can be seen in Ann Arbor

Gross overcrowding reported in prisons

Proposal aims to reduce recidivism, prison overcrowding
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Prison advocates seek to spur reform guidelines

Electronic tagging of prisoners set to be tested

Mystery shrouds death of prisoner

Church moves to alleviate jail inmates' plight

12 Female Inmates Sexually Harassed
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Prison showing off programs to assist inmates

E-mail to replace letters for Gloucester County inmates

State Dept: Police worst abuser of human rights in RP
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Inmates will help clean highways, other areas

Program aims to redirect kids of inmates
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Jail Population Shows Sizable Drop To Average of 82 Inmates in February

Web site pulls ad placed by inmate
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More Alabama inmate tranferred to Louisiana lockup

Inmate's death ruled homicide, newspaper reports
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Ark. Death Row Inmate Wins New Trial
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Judge: Stillbirth Can Justify Inmate's Lawsuit

Authorities: Taser Used To Control Inmate

Corrections hiding true extent of contraband

Report shows 'incompetent' planning for new prisons

More fallout in Florida's prisons

Public silent on Prisons Bill

Climbing walls and pools in prisons

Prison digital print centre gives inmates job skills
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Food for thought over prisons
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NSW slams prison shortage claims
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Prison workers staying under new agreement
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Federal probe to address prison failures
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Methadone a 'prescription prison' for addicts
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Governor's switch increases some prison pensions
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Hawaii prison begins to clean up its act

Number of women in prison growing
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Counselor: Teen would become a sociopath if put in prison
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Ky. Drug Abuse Bill Meant To Curb Prison Population
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Prison improves suicide strategy
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March 9


Govt in the dock on numbers we put behind bars
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U.K. government loans laptops to prisoners

152 women prisoners pardoned and released

Police transfer some prisoners from Clarks Town lock-up

Inmate withdraws request to be executed
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Inmate wristbands are tough sell

Inmate who said guards attacked him charged with battery
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Female Prison Guard Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Inmate

Former jailer guilty of violating inmate's rights

Attorneys Ask Easley To Save Death Row Inmate's Life
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Georgia inmates charged with sexually assaulting fellow inmate
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Jail overcrowding puts damper on rehab programs

Clarke County jail workers get raise

Strickland backs state jobs for ex-inmates

Editorial: Jail time and a half

Families of jail fire victims win in court
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The State Investigates An Inmates Death

Board Releases Findings Regarding Strip Search Of Gay Inmates
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State-paid DNA tests for inmates OK'd
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Report urges strip search changes for women prisoners

New debate puts federal executions on hold

Feds launch massive probe of Delaware's prisons

Kansas prisons reviewing security

Federal Prisons Bureau to grow IT business

Nevada prison officials urged to ban non-Indians from ceremonies
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Lawmakers set aside millions for prison space
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Minner should have stopped prison fiasco, advocate says

State prison officials encouraged by program to cut recidivism
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March 8


Univ. investments in private prisons decline

Sociologist addresses ethical concerns of prisons

Nats push private prisons
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Long jail sentences putting pressure on prisons

State Prison Reform Hopes in Jeopardy
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'Postmarked 2006' exhibit a benefit for prison literacy

Council hears plan to triple beds at prison

Report slams strip-search drill
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Prison alternatives needed: report

Karzai orders release of women, children prisoners

Rot in prisons not good for the system
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Letter: Put jail issue to referendum

Houston County to Build New Jail

250 remand inmates a year innocent

Female warder 'had sex with prisoner'

Prisoner numbers forecast to reach 9,000 in four years
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Practice of Shackling Female Inmates During Childbirth 'Inhumane, Dangerous,' Editorial Says

Ohio considers allowing more convicts to get DNA test

Federal executions set for May put on hold
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Pilot Program to Track Inmates

In treatment, offenders face down their demons

Harrison Co. supervisors seeking answers in inmate's death

New DUI program should begin this summer

Risdon inmate's X-ray pain

Death row inmate seeks new trial, citing deals

Jail touts drug to help its inmate addicts
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Sacramento County Executive Blasts Sheriff Lou Blanas
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Inmate unable to outlive appeal
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Lack of jail security forced removal of inmates from Dixon

County jailer charged in sexual assault of inmate


March 7


Supreme Court to Hear Inmates' Appeal

The needy benefit from inmates farming

Model inmate unsupervised at work release job

Magic Circle backs inmate who wants conjuring books

Inmate deaths in Fayette County prompt review of jail procedures

Requirements for inmate to get DNA testing
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TB and AIDS Soaring in Cameroon Prisons

We need to invest in society, not prisons

Violence in prisons neither increased nor improved

High Index of AIDS Infected People in Prisons

Report Finds Few Protections for Pregnant Prisoners

Prisoners Need Better Care In Hospital

JLP wants foolproof electronic monitoring of prisoners

Ruling frees nearly 20 local inmates

Prison Expressions Reaches Out To Inmates And Their Families
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Under federal watch, troubled Hawaii prison begins reform
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Prison Dog Handler Claims Constructive Dismissal

Low pay = high risks

Governor has chance to fix prison system


March 6


Prison officials must be held accountable

Prison officers set to strike over funding

Prison group welcomes Liberals job plan
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Prison staffing, hiring in spotlight

Prison contraband estimates too low

Inmate's hopes of escapism vanish
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Strange disease hits Ho prisons

Venezuela to spend millions on prisons

Reform welcome at youth prisons

CNMI: $39K Awarded For Drug Treatment In Jails, Prisons

Hard task keeping drugs out of prisons

Ezra: Prisons are overflowing

Electronic tagging of prisoners soon, says Spencer

An ex-convict challenges shackling women in labor

The Saga of a Prisoner Who Became an Episcopal Priest
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Former inmate files suit against sheriff

Chaplain to center's inmates

Colorado inmates: Making license plates since 1926

34 mentally ill inmates sent home

Work release program lacks inmates after first year

Prisoner screening

Medical needs of uninsured inmates strain the jail's budget
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March 5


Churches offer prisoners a helping hand

Prisoners learn new skill

Most counties keep work-release inmates at jail

ECO aids former inmates

Idaho Inmates In Minnesota Must Move

Gov't considers electronic tagging of inmates

Centre to be built for low-risk inmates at Tamarind Farm

Nebraska inmates' health care shows lack of concern

Inmates Become Sick With Flu-Like Symptoms
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Appeals court upholds sentence to Fargo drug dealer

Death-row inmate may get a new trial
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2 programs offer ways to relieve full prison

Prison guards balk at rule requiring CPR
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COE to watch situation in prisons - Davis

Crisis of crowded prisons
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March 4


From Cell to Sell: Inmate art stirs curiosity at Armenia’s No. 1 bazaar

County contracts with Macon to house prisoners

Jail Deal Makes Room For More Prisoners

State may alter laws on pregnant inmates
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Inmates arrive at Stevens
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Group Pushes to Loosen Limits on Ex-Inmates
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Cops Hope Inmate Playing Cards Lead To Tips
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Inmate Medical Bills Disputed

Sheriff a happy camper with tent-jail

City Inmate Population Up; Brooklyn Jail May Reopen

Legal plan to 'justify' substitute prisons

Overcrowded and short staffed: A clear picture of city prisons

Judge orders changes at troubled youth prison
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Time to regroup on prison reform
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March 3


Exhibit to feature prisoner art from Ionia

Little done to break cycle of offending

Furnished flats plan aims to give ex-prisoners fresh starts

Executions: A time for debate, decisions
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Support for death penalty still strong in California
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Death-row inmate awaits ruling on execution method

Inmates Awarded $248,000 For Abuse

Death row inmates sues lawyers

Senate OK's employment ratios to beef up prisons, mental health

Serious about prisons
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Female prison workers accused of sex with male inmates
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Misconduct in prison

Inquiry into alleged attack on inmate finds security tape missing

Inmate death prompts changes to prison health service

Community Group Wants Probe Into Inmate Abuse
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Taxpayers get benefits of alternative sentencing

County won't lease motel for ex-inmates

If inmates can be freed safely in crisis, why were they jailed?

Report: State's female inmates sexually abused

Prison Inmates Shackled During Childbirth
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New York Deal Restricts Force by Jail Guards
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Jewish chaplains at California women’s prisons

State prisons may take back 1,300 inmates from jails

Audit questions prison expenses

Prison guards to be trained more competent for posts

County may take federal prisoners

Geography blamed for prisoners' care-scheme problems

Deputy Admits Having Sex With Female Inmate

Scott County sees decreased inmate medical demand after refusing to pay

Corrections officer is arraigned regarding case of sex with inmate

TGK Inmate Victim Of Alleged Officer Abuse
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Hundreds of inmates to be resentenced
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40 inmates sue Monroe County jail over medical care

Health care costs for inmates rise

Inmates File Suit On Williamson County Jail
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Seventeen inmates injured in two L.A. County jail brawls
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Documentary screened on rural prisons, March 2

Seminar tackles woes of prisons

Polluting prisons

Rights group hits 'social rehab' prisons

California Corrections at a crossroads

Sense of urgency on state prisons

Prisons chief signs new parole rules to avoid premature releases

Editorial: AWOL: Prison reform

Prison guards lock up bundle in overtime pay