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Prosecutorial misconduct
Ask yourself how many more times this occurs all over the country, and how many people are unjustly imprisoned because of it.


June 30


Prison phone contract bids challenged
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Lyndon Hood: Heat Prisons With Power's Rhetoric
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Study: Youth prisons don't deter crime
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McDonough appointed permanent head of prisons

Prisons not likely to empty
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Prison deal to draw 311 jobs

Two Private Prisons Fined For Staffing Shortages
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No condoms for prisons to fight HIV/AIDS
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Report Calls for Reform in British Prisons
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Prison guard sentenced
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Crusade For Reform Of State's Youth Prison System
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Overcrowding Stifles Inmates' Successes

New Prison Rules Change Guarantees Violence toward the Mentally Ill

Call for action on inmate numbers
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Death row inmate appeals to Indiana Supreme Court
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Supreme Court rules against foreign-born prisoners
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Prisoners Could Work on Highways

ACLU Request For Open Access To Inmates Denied
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Thinking outside the cell block

Early release of inmates unlikely, despite Schwarzenegger warning

Warm cells entice freed inmates

Red Rock prison officially open, Hawaii, Alaska inmates due in by mid-July

Inmates seek relief from heat


June 29


Penal reform plea to cut reoffending rate
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Freed prisoners make swift return

Troopers investigating prisoner's death

Filing deadline set for inmate

Supreme Court denies request for delay in execution for Miss. death row inmate
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Inmate deaths raise questions
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Midlands prison guard charged with having sex with inmate

Condemned Tennessee Inmate Keeps Stay

Former inmates have rights

Jail inmates to receive religious services

Arizona prisons may get Island inmates
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Sociologist wants more respect for American Indians in prison
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Parliament backs babies in prison bill
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No new prison

Arresting prison reform
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Justices Back Pa. on Prison Newspapers
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Heated prison floors outrages National


June 28


Ohio Innocence Project fights to free wrongly convicted inmates
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Federal judge issues stay for condemned inmate
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Garco undersheriff: prisoner abuse allegations 'sensationalized'

Inmates 'should face loan costs'

Local jails overflowing with inmates

Aids drug delays loom for inmates
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Inmates strip-searched after religious services
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Jails deal with disturbed inmates

The shame of our prisons

County may get 2 prisons

Smoking Ban in Prisons
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County prisons overhaul wanted

Colorado awards contract for new privately run women's prison
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Prison system agrees to changes in religious offerings
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June 27


California Prison System In 'Crisis,' Governor Says
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Ex-Calif prison guard sentenced for aiding white supremacist gang

National renews call for private prison management
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A'bad prison murder exposes official malaise

Prison staff 'watched daytime TV'
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Inmates accuse prison officers of racism

Arguments over corrections staff bonuses are understandable

New Prison Complaints Body Running Late
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Prison employees are urged to remain professional
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US doing 'terrible job' aiding mentally ill prisoners, human rights group says

Prisoners locked in a wedlock!

New-look probation service promises better prisoner rehabilitation

Inmate tattoo parlours under scrutiny

Kons in jobs push for ex-inmates

Books To Inmates Program Keeps Rolling
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Groups could better help inmates, advocates say

Wyoming inmates moved from Texas to Oklahoma

Fresh help for Muslim inmates

Court sets penal farm deadline
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Many Inmates Get Turned Over to Private Prisons

Staff cracks down on inmates' gambling

ACLU Idaho calls for more state prisons

Dog in front line of attack on drug-afflicted prisons


June 26


Fighting fire with prisoners

Inmates put woodworking skills to use for county

Inmates at Scott jail plant garden

State relaxes screening guidelines for prison inmates

Why house other inmates?

Female inmates have higher HIV infection rate

Hundreds of HIV-positive inmates released

Professor strives to get books into the hands of inmates

Prison crowding 'out of control'
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Hagar's report is an epitaph for prison reforms
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Prisoners barred from victims
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Indigenous Prisoners Speak Out

Legislators say audit-free prisoner meal-money system for state’s sheriffs is not acceptable


June 25


Make victims No 1 priority

Govt panel to probe demands of prisoners

Ex-guard admits stealing from prisoners

Organs harvested from Falun Gong prisoners, Kilgour says

New laws to curtail prisoners' letter-writing
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Through their labor, inmates giving back

Dope growers hone skills in jail

New Orleans justice system struggles

Program gets some inmates to come clean

Justice to investigate S. Texas youth prison
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Sheriff: Inmate notified guards about attack on jailer

Death row inmate's fate in the hands of the Miss. Supreme Court

Procedures not followed during inmate's death
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Prisons earn high marks

Prisons inspector wants national strategy
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Undo This Legacy of Len Bias's Death
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Prison terms increased in disputed crack cocaine case

Prison works


June 24


Supreme Court Limits Lawsuits By Prisoners Challenging Cruel and Inhumane Treatment

Prisons in compliance

Dalley wants condoms in prisons

Time right for private prisons, says MP

Florida prison chief: State prisons have better screening

Judge Denies Bail to Three Charged in Prison Case
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Blair pledges more jails, boasts about record prisoners
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Concern at number of parole prisoners sent back into custody
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Guards may undergo searches to keep contraband from prisoners

Support Type-writers for Tennessee Prisoners

Judge orders prison to give inmates ARVs
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Jail program lets inmates work the earth

Nearly 20,000 inmates to be set free

Teamwork: Citizens, sheriff seek solutions for mentally ill inmates

ACLU Sues Garfield County Sheriff Over Inmates
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Judge grants DNA testing for Death Row inmate in 1979 slaying
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Treatment of inmate with rare condition costs state $250,000 per year
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June 23


Abolishing the Death Penalty: Leadership Needed

Ex-inmates' renewal embraced

Compensation for assaulted jail inmates

Heineman won't order inmates released
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Charlotte and Collier county inmates getting 'cold case' playing cards

Supreme Court Limits Lawsuits by Inmates

Kent County jail makes provisions for suicidal inmates

Appeals court rejects Tennessee death row inmate's DNA request

Sheriff says inmate may have saved attacked guard

Inmate may use insanity defense

Deputy sentenced in sex case
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Report: Prison reform derailed
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Ex-Inmates Say Guard Sex Abuse Rampant
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Corrections widens rehab programmes

'World class' women's prison opened in Auckland
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Legislators Look at Tougher Sex Offender Laws

Number of Prison Sentences for Drug Offenses Skyrockets
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Prisoner Reentry Institute Looks at Disenfranchisement of Felons

Ex-prisoner wins lawsuit against guard

SA prisoners win Aids drug case
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Shackling of prisoners a shameful practice

Call for families to help prisoners reform
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Partnership Provides Pets For Prisoners
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June 22


New Hanover sheriff less than sympathetic to inmates who can't stomach jail cuisine
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City prison most overcrowded in country

Overcrowding: Inmates Released Early

MBI probes charges inmates raped at jail
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Park ranger accused of soliciting bribes from inmates he supervised
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Inmate Executed for 1999 Triple Slaying
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Guards say prisons unsafe
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New state-of-the-art monitoring system for island's prisons

Searches, restrictions continue at 4 prisons

Maximum security U.P. prison gets new warden

Judge's prison watchdog blasts Schwarzenegger, guards' union
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US agent among two dead in Florida prison gunfight
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Cell lacks emergency button, prisoner claims in suit

Prisoners have high rates of hepatitis C

Samoa: Prisoners To Pay For Prison Renovations

Should more prisoners be monitored?

Call for families to help prisoners reform


June 21


Prisons are society's concern

Prisons and jails should not be warehouses for the mentally ill

Inmate's class assignment now helps others

Return of inmates depends on conditions

Women prisons 'fail new inmates'
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More low security prisons urged in north Qld

Support for prison mother bill
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Prison workers stage pickets to draw attention to staffing

Prison not for petty crime: Lawyers
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Prisoner sues for kosher food
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Prisoners' automatic release ended


June 20


Prison drug and alcohol treatment numbers get boost

Gay group protects LGBT prisoners

Inmate To Sue Dept. Of Corrections For Attack

Ill inmate denied herbs

Prison chief says inmate sex change poses security risks
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Jail Drug-Abuse Program Helps Inmates Get Back on Their Feet

Sex Predator Facility Failing to Treat Inmates

Children inmates remain in city jail despite juvenile law

Who's being protected?

Judge cancels jail backlog hearing, cites inmate reductions

Private prisons?

Problems in prisons revealed

County prisons should promote rehabilitation

Too many words but not enough prisons


June 19


Tough prison rules cause legal headache

Britain running out of prison cells
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Fewer parolees returning to prison

State to tackle trivial prison gripes

Program lets inmates earn certification from Department of Labor
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Should the court system treat inmates with medical conditions differently?

Mentally ill inmates a problem for state

Former inmate sues over sexual encounter

Judge: Shaving Inmate's Head Doesn't Violate Rights

Inmate Allowed to Proceed With Lawsuit Against Dept. of Corrections


June 18


The No-Knock State

Justice officials say alleged inmate-guard sex case is closed

Kane County discusses inmate tracking system

Prison inmates undergo basic culinary training

Marshals pull jail inmates

Jail locks down kitchen when 45 inmates fall ill

Pope to speak out on prison conditions

FEMA pays claims under inmate names

Harrison County Inmates Welcome Youth Choir

Former Inmates Learn How to Be Better Fathers
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Prison teaches job skills to inmates

Meth addict’s newsletter of faith reaches inmates

The answer is easy: build more prisons
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Prisons Commissioner Testifies In Sex Change Case

On Solutions for Prison Overcrowding

Flowers power prison reform

Former prison guards charged in alleged beating
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Sheriff wants new jail for sentenced prisoners

Apprenticeship program allows prisoners to earn certification from Department of Labor
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June 16


Helping Inmates One at a Time

Bill seeks to give options to closed youth prison

UNIUYO law clinic to offer free service to prisoners

Police face hours of delays in booking prisoners

ACLU Wants Idaho Inmates Home

Inmate Dies After Being Shot Twice With Stun Gun
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Ky. Court Rules Inmate Can Be Executed
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Another inmate claims injuries

5 Flagler County jail guards charged with inmate abuse
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Prisons Out of Room

Pope to speak out on prisons

Prisons have lost sight of their purpose

Mass exodus from Prisons Service

Nigeria: FEC Votes N600m for Completion of Six Prisons


June 15


State slams door on media access to prisons

Media ban in prisons is lifted
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Overcrowding in prisons a time bomb

Long wait for justice takes toll on inmates

Attorney says death row inmate optimistic about DNA evidence

Inmate dies after being stunned twice with Taser
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Nevada high court urged to overturn death sentence

Judge finds condemned inmate not retarded at time of slayings
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Some Nevada prison inmates to get GPS bracelets
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Number of local prison inmates remains high

Hope of life for death row inmates

Limestone to install jail video conference

Alternative sentencing, work future of prisons

Panel calls for more rehab in state prisons
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Staffing crisis looms at West Virginia prisons

Labour bows to 'get tough' prison lobby

Family sues Camco over prisoner's death

Plan to improve rehabilitation of life sentence prisoners
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Council OKs use of funds for new jail

Forest Park considers sending prisoners away

ACLU wants changes for Idaho inmates in Texas
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50 life-sentence prisoners 'served less than six years'
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June 14


Freed Inmate Attends Governor's Speech To Public Defenders

Texas wants to medicate death-row inmate
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Inmate health costs nothing to sneeze at

Oklahoma City inmates to pay for food, lodging

Medical care for inmates is 'poor'
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Former Georgia prisons chief begins sentence

Two new prisons 'won't be enough'

Prison commissioner urges applying for state funds
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Prisoners returning to gym


June 13


Former prisoner turns his life around

Welch medium-security prison almost full
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Man sues 'Dateline,' prison over being called a 'snitch'
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Prison deaths are on the rise, report shows

AMA: Prisoner Interrogation Unethical for Physicians, Declares AMA Panel

Trooper, Prisoner Swap Assault Charges

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Work best way to wipe slate

Flu shots call for Risdon inmates

Justices Grant Death Row Inmate a New Hearing in 1985 Tennessee Murder

US top court: death row inmates can pursue appeals
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Idaho inmates stage protest at Texas prison
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Inmates at revamped Nevada prison to get GPS bracelets
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June 12


Inmates' families also need 'parole'

Dogged Pursuit Freed Inmate

Agency had record of failings, got $3 million

Angola rodeo supplier alleges extortion

State's correctional officers work long hours in pressure-cooker setting

More inmates merit release

Inmate's suicide latest woe for prisons

Power promotes private prisons bill

Commission details failures of American prisons, jails

Forum raises prison issues
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Jury orders guard to pay $2,000 to inmate

Taxpayers' cost of inmate care presents thorny issues

Inmate serving life term denied synagogue visit

Inmates spill tips to cops

Diboll inmates receive GEDs, certificates

California's Crisis In Prison Systems A Threat to Public
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The prisons are full. We have to find new remedies

More prisons won’t stop crime

Officials: Safety at Pa. prisons improved

Prisoner loses case against Mountjoy

Pinal jail dedicated; prisoners on way

Northampton County dedicates new prison

Atlanta Attorney Fights for Prisoners' Rights

Women could be assigned to Fort Madison prison for first time
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Etxerat demands French government to move Basque prisoners closer

Zimbabwe Alarmed by Prison Conditions

Union says Federal Prison in Arkansas Understaffed

New prison policy will limit personal items in cells

Balfour threatens to close Middledrift prison

Prison plans 'will have massive environmental impact'


June 10


Attorney for ex-death row inmate seeks $2 million from state
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The Most Absurdities per Kilo

Federal judges pledge cooperation in California inmate care cases
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New trial ordered for inmate on Death Row

Death Row inmate won't seek delay of execution
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Disabled inmate dies of injuries after jail attack

More prisons needed

New Report on U.S. Prisons Highlights Need for Reforms

Prisons inquiry affects Smith
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FBI investigating Webster inmates’ claims of being mistreated
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Third of inmates are on remand

Prison costs discussed

Prisoners do time in county

Former prisoners integrate into society with difficulty


June 9


Society in Jail

High Cost of Prisons Not Paying Off, Report Finds
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Study: Prison abuse, neglect not unique to state

Report explores violence in prisons

Court says Crosby is fair game for suit
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Call to do away with 'prisons of hell'
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25,000 prisoners to be freed

Inmates earn GEDs to the sound of The Cellvations

Fees approved for inmates who want to see doctor, nurse

County Inmates Receive GEDs

Mentally ill inmates' treatment decried

State giving inmates a break on collect calls

Inmate rights case dismissed

Report: State inmate population should slow
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Va. Wins Appeal to Execute Inmate
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Death row inmate likely won't appeal

Inmate transfers stopped

Texas prison worker fired after Idaho inmate incident
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June 8


DNA leads to inmate release after 18 years in jail on rape conviction
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Prison Violence Can Heighten Public Danger

U.S. Prison Study Faults System and the Public

Accused killer gets diploma in prison

Federal appeals court reinstates Miss. inmate lawsuit
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Video: Deputy Accused Of Beating Inmate In Jail Cell
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June 7


Churches help inmates take moral road

Sending inmates to state facilities a temporary fix

Pre-trial costs for Hamilton County inmates add up
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Help for mentally disabled inmates

Three Officers Accused Of Having Sex With Inmates

Page County Inmates Build Addition Onto Jail

Inmates also go through drills

Prisoner learns life lessons at work camp


June 6


Harrison sheriff seeks to delay inmate family's wrongful death suit

Inmate: Prison Making Money At Expense Of Health

Program may help inmates make an inner change

Jail inmates to be in good books

Helping ex-inmates get on their feet

Program That Reaches Hard-To-Help Jail Inmates Celebrates First Anniversary

Inmates contract staph easily

Farm work good experience for inmates

U.S. Census and prisons -- Rural Georgia coverage

Attorneys worry about society's direction as prisons get bigger

Warders in cahoots with gang - prisoner

Decline in prisoner drug levels
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Union seeks role for gov in prison drama

Prisoners successfully exercise their brains
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Supreme Court to hear case on prisoners challenging their sentences

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging "double-celling" of prisoners
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US prison population continues to soar in 2005
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Prisoners receive £100,000 injury pay-outs

Sending prisoners away is only a short-term fix
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June 5


As execution date nears, inmate’s mental state debated

Prisons and religion

Prisons: 92-year-old inmate earns her GED

Suit accuses jailers of illegally strip-searching inmates
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Fewer prisoners testing positive for drugs
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Assembly hears woes that impede ex-cons

State expects prison medical costs to fall

Counselors threaten strike at state prison
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Prison attacks common - guard union
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June 4


Christian program for inmates illegal
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Get out of jail free

Don’t call them prisons, but build them

Number Of Women In Oklahoma Prisons Declines

Program that gives prison administrators cheap rent criticized

Former Ga. prison chief to begin sentence
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Investigation warranted in Baldwin jail death
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Metro jail faces drug problem

City will book own inmates at county jail

Sheriff's Foes Zero In on Early Release Issue

Meth users' dental bills eating up taxpayer money
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Kootenai County Jail transports 22 inmates

Shipping out our inmates
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June 3


Oklahoma Executes 74-Year-Old Inmate

Jury says attack on former inmate warrants charges Man lost one eye in jailhouse assault

Idaho prisoners reportedly abused at private Texas prison

All Diyarbakir Child Prisoners Released

State to spy on paroled prisoners

Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons

Prisons audited for 'overdue parole'

Cell phone blocker fails in prisons

Feds to Investigate E-waste Handling at Prisons

Immigration may soon check inmates
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480 inmates take part in Yellow Ribbon Poem Writing Competition

Mentally ill inmates receive cell transfers
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Spoiled milk apparently sickened 1,300 inmates at 11 prisons

Nationwide panel studies eradication of prison rape
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Crank: Prison is safer
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Governor asked to intervene in prison contract stalemate
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June 2


The Egregiously Destructive War on Drugs

Prisoner re-entry program looks for funds

County settles inmate's suit

Lawyers Seek Clemency for Condemned Inmates

No lady doctor for female inmates at Saidakadal jail

Juvenile inmates describe sexual abuse at Boston hearing
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Experts describe barriers to ex-inmates' success after prison

Montgomery County inmates now on Web site

Prisoners working as binmen causes concern

Jail crisis puts more prisoners on streets

Half of French Prisoners are Muslims

Sex offenders' prison challenges adjourned

Illinois prison official faces investigation
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Woman, 92, finishes high school in prison
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In-state prison still empty; 600 inmates to go to Louisiana
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Huckabee Supports Religious Prison Program
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June 1


Proof That Rhetoric About Prisoner Rehabilitation Is A Lie

Transsexual prisoner wants State funded sex change

Inmate describes alleged assault in deputy's trial

Family of Dead Inmate Calls for Inquiry

Nigeria: 'Prisons Meant for Reform, Not Punishment'

More than 660 inmates made eligible for early parole hearings

Former officer pleads not guilty to misconduct with inmates

Amnesty International applauds vermont for law protecting female inmates from sexual misconduct

City may ask inmates to pay

Our Opinion: Jail changes in mental health good for us all

Spoiled milk caused inmates' sickness

City jail, state college sign agreement for skills training

Plans for Haverigg inmates to pick up litter

Plan to end early prison release

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