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May 31


Family Of Dead Inmate Demands New Investigation
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Sheriff's deputy doubts guilt of death row inmate
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Court orders resentencing for death row inmate

Infectious outbreak at some facilities

A plan for female inmates

System makes room for more inmates

Sheriff using inmates for work outside jail

Better To Build New Prisons Than Release More Prisoners

Howard League: Community service is cheaper and more effective

Prisons 'may re-toxify addicts' claim

Court hears plea for anti-retrovirals from prisoners

Panel: Prison violence is not OK
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Threat to funding not deterring McDowell prison project
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Prison overcrowding 'fatal'

Prison sculpture is made of mettle
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Lib Dems: New thinking on prisons needed

Prison Officers: Govt closing door on society's problems


May 30


'Super prison' to be unveiled
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Prison service fatally flawed, says top judge

Utah prison chiefs say no to drug law

Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline Help Send Kids To Prison
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LA sheriff has uneven inmate release policy
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Former deputy pleads not guilty to mistreatment of prisoner

Remand centre claims rejected

Female inmates to test 'model' prison

Inmates claim cruelty, sue

Treatment center gives inmates skills
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Inmates get a free college ride while we pay

Corrections to recruit more staff to help prisoners reintegrate


May 29


Prevent crime from the inside of U.S. prisons

America's Prisoners

South Brisbane’s Prisoners Legal Service responds to changes to the Corrective Services Bill 2006

Prisoner participation in prison management

Inmates taking advantage of State Fair GED program

'Good time' sentencing motivates inmates, frustrates victims
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Sheriff's deputy expresses doubt over guilt of death row inmate
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Mwema calls for prisons’ decongestion

Prisons not ensuring child support is paid

Govt to liberalise formalities for parole to prisoners

CCSO Jail graduates 6 inmates from GED program

Former inmates sue county jail

Jackson Co. supervisors sign off on jail expansion plan

Cops in swoop on prison

Charlotte County officials say guard admits misconduct

Court orders inmate released due to unsigned paperwork
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Prisoner accused of raping fellow inmate

Authorities say inmate with TB may have put 1,500 others at risk

Where will beaten inmate go?

Appeals court sides with death row inmate in Birmigham slayings

Inmates Go To Work For Their Communities

Cape Breton woman says jail system is sexist

Waitlist for treatment programmes in prisons

Positive report reignites private prisons debate

Too hard in prison for short people?
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Prison Commissioner's Attorneys Ask for More Time
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Prison Guard Arrested On Drug Charges
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May 26


Amendment of prisons law is overdue

Teen travels five hours to see mom

Attorneys for death row inmate file for clemency
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Texas Inmate Executed for Couple's Murder
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Canyon County Jail May Have To Release Inmates Early
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Inmates ordered freed at prison
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Prison ‘bully’ switched to protect drug inmate

Inmate crew helps fight Romero fire

Plans address California prison overcrowding

Inmates learn horticulture at Utah County Jail

Germany to jam prisoners' mobile phones

Chain gang

Judge Says Man Too Small for Prison
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Prison Sex Allegations

Govt rejects sex offender prison plan


May 25


Man exonerated by DNA, detained by ICE
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Civilian Nurse Charged With Sexually Assaulting County Jail Inmate

Clemency Denied For 74-Year-Old Death Row Inmate

Good faith & prisons
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Duncan pledges, if elected, to put 'safety first' in prisons

Call for new prisons, shorter sentences to ease crowding

Prisons in for reform as private jail lauded
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Fighting back against drugs in prison

Women's prisons become male jails
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No tuberculosis found at Tutwiler prison
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Prisoners churned out, half reoffend

Inmates cost $53k per year

Sheriff Toughens the Rules on Early Release of Inmates
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Jail Inmates Phone Home, County Profits

Victims may be notified of county inmates' release

Inmates learn

Inmates file complaints against county jail

Justices Back Police Intervention Without a Warrant

Supreme Court says no to inmate's case
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Inmate sues state under disabilities act

Report highlights struggle to improve management of healthcare in prisons

Contagious disease hits prisons
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New prisons 'going as planned'

Women's prison job fair means opportunities for inmates
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Volunteers make education available to prison inmates

Jail lost hundreds of inmates
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Head-to-head: Deciding inmates' fate

Former prison guard's book receives praise from guards, inmates


May 23


The Brutality Connection: Abu Ghraib and America's Prisons

Prosecutors: DNA evidence clears inmate of 1982 Key West rape

Science institute trains prisoners in plant cultivation
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Lee County Jail Burdened With State Prisoners

Joint jails for male and female prisoners illegal: CJP

Prisoners to lose phone sex tapes
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Government may appoint social welfare officers to Punjab jails

Former prisoner now talented poet

Jail minister faces sex charges

Jail deputy faces charges of having sex with inmate

Lawyer for dead inmate wants state review of death
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Trial date set for 3 charged in inmate beating

Supreme Court rejects lethal injection challenge from Tennessee inmate

Foundation helps return higher ed to prisons

The violent criminals who walk out of prison at will
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Bungle delays prison opening

Women's prison job fair means opportunities for inmates

US prison population continues to rise to almost 2.6 million people


May 22


Prisons, jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week from mid-2004 to mid-2005
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Top prison officer quits

Report takes aim at jail's health system

King County could determine local jail's future

Japan's prisons of torture

Donations were not from private prisons

Prison worker pleads not guilty in sex case
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Some prison discipline rules were ignored, audit shows

A prayer for prison chaplains

Data Show Surge in Female Inmates
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Citizen has a right to know details of a prisoner: CIC


May 21


Focus: In the land of the free

Prison paradox

Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Granholm denies clemency request for 20 women prisoners
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Drunken prisoners give jails headache

US prison inmates need more protection from rape, brutality: UN
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Near octogenarian set to retire as prison teacher

Former inmates sue over jail sex

Former prisoner gets to keep compo
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Death of Poet in Jail Draws Suit, Attention to Inmate Medical Care

Inmate transfer never occurs

Sheriff Dumps Hurt Inmate to Avoid Paying Medical Bill
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May 20


Jail's arts workshops tap inmates' hidden talents

Prison Inmates Graduate with GED

Monterey County won't pay costs for beaten inmate
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Live soccer games banned in prisons

ACLU argues against policy restricting long-haired prisoners
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County Signs Agreement For Boarding Prisoners

Prison officials warn $150 M addition may be on horizon

Morale of prison staff low

Help female inmates start over after release

Inmates get £4m in compensation
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May 19


Inmates build new life by degrees

Ex-inmates 'can be helped to halt cycle of crime'

Bill to allow inmate DNA tests approved

Inmate still taking worst of jail beating

Condemned Inmate Says He Won't Fight To Delay Execution
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Ohio officials spar over Clark execution

Confirmation Hearings Sought For New Prisons Director

Qld prisons 'defacto asylums'

Colorado eyes two bids for private prisons

Dispute about fire safety at state prison

Policeman sentenced to 5 years for beating prisoner

State board approves $700,000 for former prisoner
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Construction program helps female inmates

Medical costs for jail inmates cost county $80k so far this year

Upshur County holds off housing Smith jail inmates


May 18


Beaver Creek inmates repair steam train

A church built by inmates consecrated at high security penal colony in Perm

Some prison discipline sidestepped, inspector general audit finds
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Alabama prison chief seeks to halt judge's jail backlog order
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State: Prisoner assaults drop to record low

Tenn. death row inmate gets reprieve

Inmate trailer funds pulled
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Death Row appeal denied; inmate executed
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Parents Of Slain Inmate File Suit Against Maryland

Inmate sues for R500 000 after prison attack

LA Supervisors to pay family of inmate who died in jail
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Congo: Decay, disease, violence stalk convicts

County discusses system used to monitor inmates at home

Lawyers intensify bid to get ARVs for inmates

Prisoners launch lawsuit against Elections Canada
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Co-op launches bank account for prisoners
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Put court inside jail, says ex-magistrate

Prisoners beating cellphone crackdown

Parolee class-action suit against state prisons OKd

Legislature approves first bill, sends $15 million to prisons

State prisons and a third-grader's curriculum

Senate committee recommends confirming new prisons director

Problematic execution draws questions


May 17


Judge Frees Wrongly Convicted Man
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A prison teacher's job is not an easy one

Inmate’s claims found credible by prison board

Probation, detention officers need bigger raises, supervisors told

Assaulted ex-inmate sues Dupnik, county

Condemned inmate gets limited reprieve from governor
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Mother Of Inmate Awarded $300,000 In His Death

Yoga lessons for Hyderabad jail inmates

State's inmates learning building, contracting trades

Death Row inmates become missionary prayer warriors
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County frees inmates due to full jail
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Inmates train dogs as helpers

149 prisoners regain freedom in Delta

Fighting to move drug addicts from prisons to treatment centers

Legislature approves first bill, sends $15 million to prisons

Human Rights in Prisons Discussed

Nigeria: Prisons, Human Warehouse

Justice Dept. to probe electronics recycling practices at prisons

Using boot camps, prisons to control black children
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Judge finds Woonsocket officer guilty of assaulting prisoner
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May 16


Jailer Admits to Repeatedly Letting Inmate Out
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Make state pay real inmate cost

Babies Behind Bars

Female prisoners get pre-Mother's Day gift
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Officers resign over confessions for favours
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ACLU Asks Court to Uphold Decision Allowing Inmates To Access Abortion Care

Sheriff: Jail still has county inmates

20 More elderly inmates pardoned

Jail chaplain helps inmates find the good inside them

Should inmates pay to stay in jail?

HIV-Positive Inmates in South African Prison To Receive Access To ARVs After Hunger Strike

No home means no parole for inmates

State says ‘YES' to new prison

'My son could be dying - but he's shackled to an officer'


May 15


Paper: Some freed L.A. inmates re-arrested
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They're not free, but inmates in the Winona county Jail Annex are allowed a little more freedom.

Officials accused of ignoring needs of Nevada death row inmates
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Outsourcing inmates

Death penalty 'stalemate' remains, as inmate approaches five-year limit

Prison Teacher Sentenced For Sex With Inmate

Family learns of inmate death weeks after
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Does the state's prisons chief really want to end up in jail?
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Builders turn to prisons, trade schools for workers

Prisons brace for tobacco ban

Fewer prison terms on the way
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Another ex-guard rips prison


May 14


Prisoner-Turned-Lawyer Sues N.Y. Justices After Being Denied Admission to Bar

Prisoners get TVs and papers

Corrections officer charged with abusing prisoners

Officer justified in shooting of escaped inmate

Mom's fight ends; inmate wins parole

Judge horrified by crowded LA jail
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Releasing Inmates Early Has a Costly Human Toll
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Grand jury report sparks probe

Sheriff seeks to put inmates in “tent city”
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Oregon sheriff bills Mexico for jailing illegal immigrants
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Florida judge marries inmates who met in jail
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Inmates improve
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For 68 inmates, time well spent

Uganda: 33,000 inmates suffer as govt pays out Shs2.5b

Court Asks if Residency Follows Inmates Up the River

Appalling prison conditions must be addressed

Former Prisoner Earns Law Degree From UW

Prisons had little effect on community
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Wyoming prisons prepare to go smoke-free

Decade after inquiry, prisons still failing women, Arbour says

Arizona prisons boss says proposed pay boost for officers 'not enough'
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State law alters way time served is credited

Parole cuts some life sentences short

Most released inmates don't return to prison

Former guard pleads guilty

Women's prison at break-even point but looking for workers
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County addresses growing prison population problem
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May 13


Conjugal quarters for Punjab prisoners

Prisoners lose vote
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Govt aims to get more prisoners working

Prisoners get more help with addiction problems

Drug-addict inmates sue over 'cold turkey' detox

Seneca County spends $130K to outboard criminals

Inmates to clean up county roads

Inmates Do Hard Labor for Low-Income Families
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First, fix this mess! Fingerprint all inmates
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Deputy Pleads Guilty to Having Sex with Inmate

Ban on inmate semen
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Candidate Q&A: Schools, prisons, taxes top issues

Prisons chief found in contempt

Unhealthy Zim prison closed
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Woman found dead at 'failing' prison
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Prison issue still alive
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Prison security
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May 12


Wis. Man Freed From Prison to Graduate
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Alley execution blocked; attorney general appeals
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Report shows guard gave "donkey kick" to Spokane jail inmate who later died
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Escambia County inmate charged with raping fellow inmates
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Condemned inmate asked guards to end his life
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Leniency in Our Prisons

HIV Ravages Zim Prisons

Prisons in Logan County
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Lawmakers Told Programs For Offenders Working
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Probe Into Prison Leak About Brawls

Concerns over prison's conditions

Seizures at women's prison cause furor
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Prison commissioner ordered to transfer inmates
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200-year prison term for child porn upheld
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Unlawfully detained prisoners get thousands

Prisoners to get more work


May 11


Born Into Cellblocks

Death Row Inmate Calls Lethal Injection Unconstitutional

DNA test is inmate's last chance
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Prisons run out of dogs

Checking death rate in prisons

Law enforcement turning to job placement for released prisoners

PNG: Correctional Officer Proposes HIV/AIDS Test For Prisoners

Denial of prison visits challenged

Prison system failing women, critics argue
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Madison to stop housing juvenile inmates

Sentences of 79 death row inmates commuted to life
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Police killer cheered by inmates

Surplus meals possibility for inmates

Hundreds Of Hawaii Inmates Locked Down At Mainland Prison
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Teen inmates recall days in flooded cells
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Pregnant prisoner taken for abortion

Deputy charged with mistreating prisoner


May 10


Program Teaches Inmates to Build Homes

New prisons, for whom?

Sex offender bill passes; private prisons shot down
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Deport prisoners? Yes, at least in theory

Prison promise mis-timed, says Cotler

Women's prison 'failing' inmates
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Argonaut subsidiary offering medical coverage for inmates

Hawaii inmates locked down at Miss. prison

Ex-inmates sue county, warden

Report: Riverside inmates subdued by force sometimes not treated
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Counselor does jail time

Senate rejects bill on terminally ill inmates

Corrections Officers Indicted, Charged With Mistreating Inmate
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Former Inmate Told She Can't Sue Those Who Put Her Behind Bars


May 9


Program seeks to help inmates through access to higher education

Better Parole, Not More Prisons

Condemned Inmate Asks State Court to Stop Execution
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Death Row Inmate Says Execution Is Cruel, Unusual Punishment

Lawsuit challenges denied visits between wife, Nevada inmate
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Condemned inmate asks state court to stop execution

Sex Offenders Overcrowd Prisons

Prisons chief likes a challenge

Program For Prisoners’ Employment Starts

Is 30 years in prison enough?
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Waikato DHB baulks at prison help

Kind of an inmates' old-folks home

Parents concerned about inmates working at school

Inmates in La Grange go without tobacco
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May 8


Harrison sheriff wants delay of civil suit in inmate death
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County wants to spend $267 million for more prisoner beds

Prisons in the news
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Lockup’s rating on upswing

Prisoners forced to sleep on floor

State Prison System Braces For More Sex Offenders
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Kentucky prison bans tobacco; others may follow

Former inmates say Morgan jail food skimpy, not fit for humans
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At Yerawada, prison inmates laugh away ghosts of the past

Jail violence rises

Before they die, Va. inmates get one final chance to speak

Tories crack down on crime but where will they find the jails?
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Report critical of juvenile halls

Drugs are the real problem


May 7


Wife's devotion inspires art; art inspires prison ministry

Help 'children of prisoners' to get their basic rights

Former Death Row Inmate Is Awarded $2.25 Million
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Armenian inmates create crafts for local markets

Inmates' stories aim to help teens choose well

Binding inmates in labor was state policy breach

Inmates Out to Help County
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Voluntary confinement: Inmates plan wedding behind bars

Inmates do cleanup duty

Baltimore Officer Faces Second Rape Charge

Sex offenders and private prisons bills unbundled

Ebonyi extends UBE programme to prisoners

Prisons chief fears 'week-at-home' scheme will increase reoffending

Acting warden promoted at Folsom State Prison

Our Opinion: Legislators fail to act as prison vacancies grow
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A decade in prison behind her, woman set to graduate from Mich. law school
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Lawsuit: No taxpayer money for prison religious program
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Overcrowded Baffin sends inmates to overcrowded Ottawa-Carleton
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Inmates do Bard time, find redemption in Shakespeare

Solitary Life: Inmates kept apart at Supermax prison

Inmates put in two cents
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Bradford County Commissioners threaten lawsuit over inmates

Correctional officers charged with assaulting inmates

Inmates' DNA deadline may be dropped

Harris County appeals to avoid moving inmates
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Inmate grateful to officer who saved his life

Family of murdered inmate wants body released

Inmate with mental condition to stay in county jail for now

Inmate sues after mowing accident

Prison Inmate Talks To Miami Co. Students

Prisoners take fight for ARVs to court

Warning over side-effects of prison smoking ban

393 prisoners have got the presidential clemency


May 5


After decade in prison, woman set to graduate U-M law school
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Court orders sought to keep inmate with mental disorder out of county jail

Flagler Jail Official Charged With Abusing Inmate

Extended home leave for prisoners

Kenya: Prisons Not Designed for the Aged

Negotiators meet to reach agreement on sexual offender bill
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Prison drug testing programme branded a stunt

Report critical of actions at LA's juvenile halls
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How Does It Feel?

Reforming inmates

Anger at plan to set Scots inmates free

Treat inmates fairly without Parole Board

Prison time for encounter with female prisoner

Cost saving put ahead of public safety in remand plan - National
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May 4


Restitution unresolved for wrongly convicted

Report: Inmate wrongly executed
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Youth justice: Youth prisons miss education targets

Juveniles in U.S. prisons win time-served right

House rejects sex offenders bill over private prisons
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Private sector to fund new prisons

Prison Board addresses safety

Lawyer: Prison officials knew about sexual abuse
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Rivers CJ frees 81 inmates at PH prisons

Cost of housing inmates up dramatically

Monroe County sheriff deputy charged with battery on jail inmates


May 3


ACLU: Women at Wis. prison treated badly
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Work gives inmates fresh air, outlook

Corzine's budget cuts job program for inmates

Conference to look at getting inmates back into society

Caring for 'foster kittens' teaches inmates life skills

Value of federal prisons to W.Va. debated

Private Prisons Steer Money to Influece Sentencing Laws

Study: Offer birth control in prisons

Correcting the prisons
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A new chief for Sri Lanka's prisons

Inmate survives first execution
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Condemned inmate's lawyers skip clemency meeting
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Court allows discipline for discrimination against gay inmate
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Prisoners should be reformed, not mistreated: Siraj

Neglect of prisoners’ health


May 2


Of pain and punishment

‘Almost Home’ helps ex-prisoners get there to stay

Ohio's Prison Chief Steps Down
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Judges to review prisons' mental health system
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Legislature expected to pass private prisons bill

Judge to rule on federal oversight of La. juvenile prisons
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City to Take Over Health Care for Youths in Detention

Willisburg juvenile center in jeopardy

Religious federal prison programs
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For inmates, having a phone can add years in the cell
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Yoga training for Nagpur prison inmates

Overcrowded jail hits new, unwanted milestone — 74 inmates

Blame inmates

Pontotoc inmates feed themselves

Remand home official arrested for unnatural death of inmate

Lawsuit: Shelby County jailer lost job over wife's complaint
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Autopsy Ordered In Death Of Central Texas Jail Inmate

Inmate accuses officer of rape

Inmate drug and alchohol treatment report released

Marion County sheriff wants end to federal oversight
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May 1


With Job Training, Inmates Find Doors Opening

Girls’ home chief jailed for torturing inmates

Get rich or feed inmates?
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Mentally ill Jam Jails
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Prisons are battling cell phone smugglers

Prison Guards Want Blood Tests for Inmates
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Judge OKs Prison Worker Testimony
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Lorraine Ahearn: The prison farm -- every stray gets a second chance

New group pushes for prison alternatives

Prison guards, prisoners: in Texas, you can't tell 'em apart

Prisoners are people, not animals

Prison Guard Charged With Having Sex With Inmate

Family calls for inquiry in jail incident
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Inmate: 'I'd Rather Be Where I'm Supervised'

Will you marry me, inmate?

Inmate crime figures down

Prisoner Baby for Prisoner Parents

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