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Latest issue of our bimonthly "Art of Prison Survival"



July 31


Where's justice in Thornton case?

Driver's no contest plea stays

Former inmates are facing Catch-22 after prison time

After the barred door opens, what's next?

Prisoners raise bar in education

Incompetent lawyers chief reason for overturned death sentences

Study: Sex Crimes in Prisons Underreported
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Inmates target strictest officers

Aransas, Bee counties benefit from removal of Nueces inmates

Inmates seeking pen pals, love use Web ads

Work at jail halts inmate visits

Prisons see more inmates requiring mental health care

Facility's loss of federal prisoners already has cost about $198,704

Tarrant Co. Police Kick Habit After Smoking Ban

Moneyman earns court date after 6-year wait in prison

Judge dismisses Smart's prison abuse suit
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Commission says judge let man spend extra year in prison
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Inmate's blog tells of life behind bars
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Death row inmate to get new hearing

Jury acquits former officer in death of inmate at S.J. jail

Inmate's parents allege jury bias

Prisons Service gets provident fund

Private prisons profit from immigrant bashing

Prisoners reap what they sow

Italy to free 12,000 prisoners
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6 inmates join staph infection suit
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Judge vows to free untried inmates
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July 29


Commentary: Prisons Must End Slave Labor

Mozambique: Prime Minister Demands Changes in Prisons

The world between love and infamy

Corrections officer shares all

State prisons request an extra $41.4 million

South Africa: Parliamentary Committee Visits Prisons in the Eastern Cape

To put Aids in the crosshairs, set targets

San Quentin prisoners quarantined after illness

$5.4 Million Awarded to Test Employment Strategy for Ex-Prisoners

Italy to cut prisoners' sentences
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Prisoners Wed At Courthouse In County Orange

Giving rehabilitated prisoners a second chance

Prison farm saves hay harvest

Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's Tale

Lock-up inmates must get humane treatment
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Red Cross donates relief materials to prison inmates

County weighs day center for inmates to ease crowding

Ruling boosts inmates' rights to self-defense

Fairbanks inmates get vocational programme
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Virginia executes man for slaying inmate

Inmate's request for liquor license denied

Ex-jail officer accused of sexual activity with inmate among those indicted


July 28


Even more prisons needed, Reid told

Chief of prisons should be made elected position

As Populations Swell, Prisons Rethink Supermax

Ex-prisoners' anti-crime message for kids

Arroyo gives clemency to 9 sick prisoners

Minister denies prison beds are costing $1m each

Prison opens its doors' to the public

Prison violence leads to outrage
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State prison pharmacists underpaid
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Prison service must recognise concept of ‘institutional religious intolerance’
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House approves prison pardon bill
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Inmates say female guard coerced sex

Money missing from fund for inmates, province says

Overhaul Sought in Inmates' Medicine

Women inmates prepare for debut at prison rodeo

Female inmates moved to prison closer to Alabama
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Milwaukee deputy convicted of sexually assaulting inmate in 2005

Jail guard accused of have sex with inmate
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NJ prison guard charged for inmate tobacco sales
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Death Row Inmate Files Appeal
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July 27


System doesn't allow prisoners to succeed

Prisoners' Complaint Prompts Sex Charge Against Policeman
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Prison system rife with mismanagement

Other California prisons handle similar roles successfully
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Prisons aren't for all criminals

SCC among state prisons set for expansion

More Prisons? Dumb Idea

Prison needs staff trauma strategy: professor

South Africa: Prison Must Obey HIV Order

Homeless sex offenders may stay in prison
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Inmates let out to accommodate new prisoners

Plant will employ inmates
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Female guard faces felony sex charges
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Guard accused of having sex with juvenile inmates
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Commissioners say female inmates need outside work programs
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Plan to help inmates will benefit Hoosier taxpayers, too

Bill directs care for mentally ill inmates
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Kenya: Catholic Prisons Service Hails Release of Inmates

At Pelican Bay Prison, a Life in Solitary
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Outrageous abuse of Colorado prisoner
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July 26


Judge OKs seizing inmates' money

Guard Accused Of Sexual Misconduct With Juvenile Inmates

Drug-addicted inmates need more help
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Jalal backs rights of inmates

Group brings books to area prison inmates

Bill to ban solitary for mentally ill inmates going to Pataki

Idaho inmates moving to different Texas prison

State could have wasted $1.5M on prison inmates
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Condemned prisoner who said he wanted to die files appeal

Minister protests mass prisoner release plan
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Court: Muslim inmate ordered to handle pork can sue staff

Inmate's death sentence upheld
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Judge: Shackling inmate for 5 days was unreasonable search
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Police officers 'raped women prisoners'
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Prisoners released despite warning

Federal government urged to complete abandoned prisons projects

Literacy project for prisons

Judge Prohibits Christian Prayer in Prisons

Prisons can appeal ARV order

Mother's prison care 'inadequate'


July 25


Texas court delays inmate's execution
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Prison guards accused of assaulting inmate
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Inmate claims jail employees withheld oxygen in federal suit

Prisoners Waiting To Go To Jail

Regular yoga classes for Kerala prisoners likely

Report Calls for Easing Rules on Research Involving Prisoners

Prisons break rule to collect fund from visitors

Seminar for prisons' medics starts

Opinion | Condom Distribution Programs Needed in U.S. Prisons To Reduce HIV Transmission, Editorial Says

National pushes privately run prisons

Deadbeat dads may face prison in CSA reforms

Drug experts urge better prison treatment

Kresty Prison Primed for Real Estate Deal

Inmates see more shrinks

Conference aims to prevent radicalization of Muslim prison inmates

Chaplin helps inmates make changes

Religious program helps inmates stay sober

Jails turn to mail-order, generics to cut drug costs

Inmates make their mark in jail's engraving class

Prisoner pardon rocks govt boat


July 24


The real reason behind overcrowding in prisons

$2.6m cost of Labour's prisons ideology
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FG to Decongest Prisons

Prisons Breeding Ground for Gang Membership

No condoms in prisons: a backward response

Prisoners bare with foul smell

Mental illness crisis in our prisons

Missing piece of prison reform

Children will foot the bill for states prison expansion

Prison Physician Weighs His Role in Executions

As union's influence grows, so does its share of blame

Mike Raines: Eaton Co., please renew jail millage

Uncertainty in the ranks over prison plan

Inmates recover through religion

Aging prison in disrepair, costly, deadly
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Yates to become prisoner, regardless
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Jail inmate hurt in gang attack

Inmate follower of Nordic pagan religion due to be executed
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July 23


Regents may ask prison officials to help pay inmate medical costs

More manpower for Prisons

Claim prisoners denied shower after capsicum spray

Warders who live more miserably than prisoners

Former prison guard charged with forcible sodomy

Prison could come to vote
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Prison call centre is a family affair
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L.A. may try prisoner-child reunions

Inmates prepare for the future by studying automotive repair

Juvenile inmates want freedom, but fear it
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15 state inmates moved elsewhere after daily rate dispute

Craighead County Jail Overloaded With Female Inmates

Alamance County could house more Cabarrus County inmates

Service for inmates' kids seeks funding

Marion County to rent private space for 200 jail inmates
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Yellowstone jail, Rimrock Foundation team up for treatment program


July 22


Finding room in prisons

County has plans in place to evacuate prisoners before a hurricane

Fitness program helps female prisoners develop body, mind and spirit

Prisoners 'can' get psych help
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Prisoners help in flood clean-up work
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Private prisons smiling over illegal immigration

2000 Plus for Prisons Service

Blake challenges churches to become active in public schools, prisons

M&Ms color a prison artist's solitary life

Law society asked to help with prison overcrowding

South Africa: Prisons Fight Ruling On Aids Drugs Amid TAC Protest
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Needle may have contaminated inmates
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Chief Warns Prison Space Will Run Out Next Year
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Some statistics which might surprise you

Bay County considers money kiosk for jail inmates

Female Inmates Have Craighead County Jail Overcrowded
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Sick Inmates Cause Budget Problems for Sheriffs

Prison officials review violence-plagued Jessup facility
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Lieber unit to double up inmates

Inmates doing time without AC

Prison officer jailed for sex assaults

Former death row inmate gets life in resentencing
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Pagan death row inmate wants stay of execution because jury consulted Christian Bible
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July 21


Exonerated inmate ready to pick up the pieces
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Behind Bars, He Turns M&M’s Into an Art Form

Reid unveils justice system reforms
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Prison officials mismanaged $12 million, inspector general says
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California will run out of prison space next year, official says
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Murderer Executed by Electric Chair
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Report Confirms Chicago Police Tortured Black Prisoners
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Bracks jail-sex plan is not safe
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In our interests to look after prisoners

Ruling on provision of ARV to inmates next week
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Transitional inmates leave Cascade County regional jail

Federal Judge Rules Missouri Must Provide Transport for Pregnant Inmates Wishing To Have Abortions
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Inmates learn to live on outside
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ACLU Accuses Garfield County Jailers Of Abusing Inmates
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China Inc scouts for talent in prisons

Prisons set new policy on shackling inmates during childbirth
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Counties can recoup state prisons' costs
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Reid tightens sentencing rules
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Prisons packed; greater leeway sought for judges

Regents want bills for prisoner treatment spread out

Prisoner may die for inmate's death


July 20


DNA evidence frees man in prison for 23 years
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Virginia inmate faces the electric chair tomorrow night
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Texas inmate Mauriceo Brown executed for 1996 robbery murder
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A deck of crime solvers

New jails for 8,000 prisoners to deal with overcrowding

Feds Get Billed for Illegal-Alien Prisoners
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Prisoners are not guinea pigs, panel warns

ACLU of Colorado Challenges Abuse of Prisoners in Garfield County Jail

Prisoners give $200

'Revolving door' crowds British prisons with repeat offenders

Prisons to swell as violent crimes go up

Gonzalez suspends inmates’ medical treatment after jailbreak

Book worms keep jail librarian hopping

County jail ships out state's transitional inmates

Deafness cost man extra time in jail

Jail inmates feel the heat

Letter: Inmates have choices

Deputy Accused Of Sex With Inmates Pleads Guilty
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Ohio begins shuffling inmates to relieve crowded prisons

Judge: Missouri Must Provide Transportation for Inmates Wanting Abortions
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£1,000 On sport per prisoner

ACLU sues over prisoner treatment

Money-making Waikeria Prison farm now funding other schemes

Women preparing for Oklahoma's prison rodeo

State must pay for prosecution of prison crimes, high court rules

Converted prison preps inmates for life on the outside
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July 19


Money-making Waikeria Prison farm now funding other schemes

Keeping a prisoner in jail costs $59,000 a year

Deer Lodge Prison officials get ready for execution
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Prisoner overcrowding 'unacceptable'

Prison to appeal ARV judgment

Court: Missouri must allow inmates to have abortions

San Quentin Inmates Provide Dog Rehab

Inmates cleaning up litter on Stafford roadsides

Prison chief welcomes Marion Co. inmates

Vermilion Parish Prisoners Help Move Teachers and Staff Back into Seventh Ward Elementary

Prisons won't be privatised says Minister

Prayer in Prisons Now Unconstitutional


July 18


Former inmate saving souls

Honour for champion of black prisoners' rights

Editorial: Kentucky puts prisoners in local jails

ALABAMA VOICES: State's prison system faces four major problems

Inflow of inmates must be slowed

Louisiana has no room for California inmates

Bowie’s detention center holding fewer juveniles

Jail offers programs to help inmates

Proposal allows out-of-state inmates

Program pairs up inmates and dogs
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Silent cry from the prisons

Needed: a plan to uncrowd New York's prisons

Former prison chief calls for 10,000 inmates to be freed
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Plain-spoken preacher goes from prison to TV
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Mentally ill prisoners badly treated: coroner


July 17


Gov. seeks reforms for women prisoners
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Ronald Fraser: Michigan's prisoner policies are costly

From solitary to the streets

Using inmates to index old newspapers is a winner

Bill reduces terms of inmates
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MCI-H names top employees

Who speaks the truth about the jail?

Prichard may take Metro Jail prisoners

Inmates con system for prison breaks

Jail cannot be a healthier option
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Prison prayer fulfilled

Juvenile detention facility more prison than home

The missionary's tale: 2 bewildering months in an African prison
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Medical firm picked by prison gets a checkup

Women prisoners' future full of uncertainties

My shocking day behind bars in Britain's biggest prison

Female prisoners give helping paw to people with disabilities

Another inmate sues over prison medical care
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DNA Clears Fresno Inmate In Prostitute Killings

Former prison guard sentenced to five years
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Illegal Aliens in California Prisons: An Inconvenient Truth

State Outlines Four-Year Reform Plan For Youth Prisons

No more excuses: Fix justice system

Inmates grow in faith

Easing transition when inmates go home

Guard Charged With Violating Inmates' Rights
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State to Assess Whittier Site for a Prison

New prison for Islands unlikely

Salvation Army, Prison Fellowship call for prison debate
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Hawaii inmates sue prison officials over alleged sex assault
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Good Riddance

Ex-chief Crosby cared about inmates

Ex-Jail Inmates To Sue Over Sex Acts with Guards
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Job training centre opens for inmates

State inmates beneficial to jail

Forty inmates injured in racial brawls at LA County jail
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Prison must present plan for mentally ill inmates by next week

Kenya freeing prisoners

Murder Trial Yields Sharply Conflicting Portrayals of White Prison Gang
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Governor's top aide says he was told of prison allegation

On Prison Reform: Keep fewer behind bars

Women prisoners 'at record high'

Innocent prisoners need a way to get out

Giving former inmates a fresh start

Idaho to remove 419 prisoners from Newton

Orange correctional center teaches prisoners to cook
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Jail inmate alleges deputy mistreated him; inquiry set

Selling drugs to prisons is hot business model

600 officers of Nigeria Prisons resign over poor conditions of service
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Watchdog calls for new prisons to be used as hospitals instead

Lingle ends push for new prisons

Inmate chooses to die in Virginia's electric chair
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Govt releases 7,713 prisoners

Are Chinese doctors harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners?

Scientists Urge Changes to Prisoner Guinea-pig Rules
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Women prisoner numbers up a third

Tempers Flare Over TV in Jails, Prisons

Prisons policy defended

Prisons chief blasts Crosby

Human Rights Commissioner Criticizes State Of Prisons

Prisoner-proof: New jail flush with gadgets to keep inmates safe

GED certificates given to inmates at Delta

Inmates seek open hearings on paroles

Indiana Inmates Sue for Porn Magazines
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Prison crisis laid at governor's door
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Prison proposal shows need for actual solutions


July 13


Va. death row inmate chooses electrocution
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Sullivan County corrections officer indicted on sex charge

Jail worker accused of sex act with inmate

Ohio executes inmate using new guidelines

Group Urges Research Rules for Prisoners
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Exonerated prisoner's innocence won't be disputed in lawsuit

Prisoner Parental Rights

Must we use prisons to harden criminals?

Putting Inmates To Work Easier In Oregon Than Washington

Idaho pulls inmates out of Newton County Correctional Center
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Temporary inmates to leave jail

Ind. inmates challenge prison ban on racy reading material
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From jail to reformatory center -- "Giving hope to inmates"

Inmates in training program do work on judge's house

Updated Nevada prison rules sparks debate

Prison Official Says Methamphetamine Fueling Crime Wave

Lawyer: Prison Gang Trial Witnesses Liars
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Bid to force prison to honour AIDS ruling

Albania Urged to Improve Prison Conditions

Hundreds apply for jobs at prison in Stewart County
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Schwarzenegger Now 0 for 3 With Prison Experts
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July 12


Innocent man freed after 18 years in US prison
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Prisons at Center of Damning Report on U.S. Human Rights

Prisoners contribute to musical CD for children

Former Nassau Cop Accused of Fondling Inmate
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Court orders hearing on N.C. death row inmate's claim
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Prisoners train to fight wildfires

Analysis: Will private prisons solve the problem?

Southwestern prisons consider food management company

Tattoo project in prisons could be scrapped

Mass construction of religious buildings in Russian prisons

Ex-state prisons chief pleads guilty to taking kickbacks
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Government targets TB in prisons
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Inmates Sue to Keep Their Skin Mags
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Texas Inmates Not Entitled to Minimum Wage
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Idaho To Move More Inmates Out Of State To Ease Overcrowding
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'Virtual visits' connect inmates, far-away kin

Inmates handled with care

Inmates won't face strip-searches
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Bulgaria Takes Stripes Off Inmates' Attire

Sofia to Open First Private Prison

Prison plan attacked by expert
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July 11


High court will hear appeal in prison phone charge case
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Justice Kennedy: prison terms lengthy

Reforming prisons

Juvenile hall may off-load inmates

Inmates Train To Fight Fires

Inmates' suit targets attorneys

Court: Inmates not entitled to minimum wage
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Feds strip cons of right to sue government
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July 10


Society Should be Concerned about Prisoners' Health

As DNA exonerates more inmates, questions linger on compensation
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Build Mental Hospitals - Not Prisons - to Lower Crime

Ohio prisons overcrowded as population rises 6%

Industrious inmates

Grand jury finds women's jail a 'disgrace'

Inmates find spot in new home

Seminary wants to improve its connections with inmates

Phone system allows inmates to reach out and touch someone

Treatment for Broward's mentally ill inmates improves slightly

Tailoring inmates for a second chance

Brown County crafts program to help former inmates

More state felons held in jails
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Acquired skills as a paralegal were little help

Prison-based firm builds profits, lives

Governor must play major role in prison reform
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Inmate despair hints at abuse

Inmate in sex abuse case dies

Former Prison Employee Accused Of Sex With Inmate

Deputy arrested after sex offer to inmate
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Industrious inmates

Surprising jobs for prisoners doing well

Former prison employee accused of having sex with inmate
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July 9


Federal court rejects appeal from N.C. death row inmate

Reaching out to freed inmate

Inmate Donates $31,000 to Crime Tip Line

High-rise jail includes rooftop inmate lounge

Appeals Court Reverses Conviction Of Crime Spree Assailant

FBI investigation sought into prisoner beating

Angelides wants S.J. prisons reopened

Ex-ministers warn of revolt over abolition of prisons inspectorate

No faith in prisons means there's no hope for prisoners
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Private Correctional Center Opens in Marion County

'Why not do it like Joe?': Mohave considers a tent city jail
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Tents await inmates
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Education Minister commends student inmates at Prison School

What they aren't saying

Schwarzenegger proposes sending inmates to other states
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Helping behind bars
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Eight prison inmates complete barbering course

Are prison tattoo parlours worth the cost?

Hawaiians to leave Kentucky prison
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Iowa prison population increases sixfold for baby boomers
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Prison visitors with contraband rising
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July 8


DNA proof frees man after years in prison
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Prisoner database up and running

Prisoner gets Doctorate

Prisoner Donates Money To Slain Woman's Reward Fund
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Vermilion Police Jury Disputes Inmate Bill from Iberia Parish Jail

Deputy doing time for inmate rape
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Japan: Prisoners executed without warning after decades on death row

Private Prisons Have a Lock on Growth

Offender Management System to be Introduced in Island's Prisons

Baby boomers filling Iowa prisons

Inmates Help Public Works Projects

Pakistan allows bail for female inmates

Program turns inmates into firefighters

Prison staff, inmates go tobacco-free

Inmates will make medical co-payments

Website for Prison Inmates
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Inmates To Begin Move Into Jail Tents

Kolbe makes a few good men of inmates!

Who stole inmates' fund at jail?

Serbia sentences judge to prison
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The African Prison Project
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July 7


Judge Releases Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison for Wrongful Rape Conviction
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NY Times reporter barred from visiting federal prison
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Inmate Population Rises to Average of 85 During June

Detention officer charged with having sexual relations with an inmate
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Death Inmate Don Davis' Execution Postponed

Hope for Prisoners

Prisoners told all about cancer

Report claims China kills prisoners to harvest organs for transplant

State fights back against frivolous prisoner lawsuits

County wrangles over prisoner housing costs

Appeal against Westville Prison ARV order lodged

DCF not ignoring the law by not moving inmates, judge rules

W.Va. inmates should be online

Inmates on Mainland to cost Isles $50 million

DRC: Prison system left to rot

Daniel Weintraub: Governor has a mixed record on prison reform

New prisons a last resort

State prisons bursting at the seams

Prisons winning battle against fraud, corruption

2 state prisons might reopen

Prisons without tobacco

Stern warning on health care in state prisons
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July 6


Corrupt Prison Officials Confess
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Pay when you stay: Should inmates pay rent?

California Prisons Must be Therapeutic To Protect the Public

Improving Prisons Benefits All

Inmate Dies Hours Before Being Released From Prison

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Stay of Execution for Arkansas Inmate
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Ex-Jailer Pleads Guilty in Inmate's Death

Ex-Corrections officer arrested in attack on inmate

Prisoner: You are just a number

Judge withdraws jail term for tearful prisoner

Goord to retire as state prisons commissioner
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Brazilian judge orders blocking of cell phone signals in prisons
Prisons progress as fraud, corruption stifled
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With Jobs to Do, Louisiana Parish Turns to Inmates

Officials: Ban shackling of pregnant inmates
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New Marion County jail facility focuses on rehab
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W.Va. planning to put profiles on inmates online

Lehigh prison eyes new system for inmates' accounts
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Inquiry repeats call for prison security database

Calif. prison health care in shambles: report
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Ohio prison population increases 6 percent
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New Eloy CCA prison to house inmates from Alaska, Hawaii


July 5


No Walk in the Ball Park for Dwight Gooden

Donations needed to help Kenyan prisoners

Death-row inmate retrial likely
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Folsom to take in more "segregated" inmates
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49 inmates graduate from drug rehab programme

B.C. inmates forced to share cells

80% of Tehran's Female Inmates Educate in Prison

A’Ibom to extend micro credit to prison inmates

New garden helps feed BC inmates

Corrections officials to recommend ban on shackling pregnant inmates
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As Deadline Nears, Suffolk and State Remain at Odds on Jail Crowding

Governor Defends Move Toward Prison Reform


July 4


Jamaica decides not to give out condoms in prisons

R4 million for prisons anti-corruption programme

Eloy Set to Grow By Thousands, Thanks to Prisons

Pay increases for prison guards
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Overseas recruitment drive for prison guards: 52 of 182 turn down offers
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Folsom prison to switch its inmate population
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Prisoner partnership benefits organizations

Getting a good return on inmate investment

Inmate happy to see new court interpreter law

Inmate's staph infection may prove expensive

Judge holds competency hearing for death row inmate
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Inmates Evacuated Because Of 3 Inches Of Sewage

La Tuna inmates say prison doesn't follow procedures

Bowling Green, and its 2,000 prisoners, cut back on water use

Taiwan has inmates solve banana surplus

More California prisons? Don't build them

Gov.'s Prison Plan Has Look of Political Move

Devon rooftop jail protest ends

Cal. spousal rape bill will harm innocent men


July 3


A-G talks up wrong prisoner compo

Death-row inmate fights to keep date with destiny
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Inmate's medical bill may cost county thousands

Condemned man says public should have more access to executions
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Minden Jail Overcrowding Prompts Early Release of Some Offenders

Prisons more secure under Labour

Prisons doubted on complaints

Inmates at work on prison cells

Musharraf orders for immediate release of women prisoners involved in crimes other than terrorism, murder

NBA Player Talks to Vanderburgh Inmates

Bill to House Adult Inmates in Camarillo Is Drawing Fire

High-Rise Jail Has Roof Top Lounge For Inmates

Jail graduates 8 inmates

Inmates sue Reno County, officials for deteriorating jail
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As prisons fill, state hunts for scarce beds

Prison reform? Education Schools offer incentives to steer parolees away from crime

Governor buys some time to handle prison system woes By Andy Furillo

Calling all artists

Early Release Request For A Prisoner?

Jam-packed jail facing inmate cap

Inmate medical costs on agenda

Report Calls for Reform in British Prisons

Prisons heated but children freeze in schools, MP says

Striking Down Hope for Inmates

Inmates oppose condom distribution

Wade Inmates Talk to Juvenile Court Teens

Lincoln County Jail inmates to be charged a daily fee

Hawaii's inmates may go to Pinal

High time to toughen up on the criminals

Prison numbers at all time high

The missed danger signals that led to a brutal murder
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Prison guards go on strike in Sao Paulo

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