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February 28

Cop accused of raping prisoner

Court: Prisoners have right to see medical records
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Ailing inmate released from life sentence dies
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State needs wherewithal to reform prisons

Widespread abuse feared at youth prisons
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Inmates children get education boost

Jail struggles with guard requirement

Inmates to replace immigrant farm workers
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Kenya: Offering Free Learning to Fellow Inmates

Termination of the Terminator's Plan

State needs wherewithal to reform prisons

Prison realities


February 27

Officials close jailhouse door to Buddhist chaplain

Hearing Ordered In Prison Food Case

Expansion didn't solve overcrowding

'Prison is who I am'
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Prisoners learn valuable skills on new section of South-West heritage trail

Clegg backs trebling of paid prisoners

Angola inmate of 40 years wins parole recommendation
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Appeals panel says Ark. inmate suit on jail food can go forward
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U.S. Vows To Force-feed Inmate On Strike
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New inmates, staff added to BV prison

Schwarzenegger caught in middle of prison squabble

Union jobs trump public safety

Early release of inmates a possible solution to overcrowding

Arkansas House Panel Endorses Bill That Would Require Inmates To Receive HIV Test Before Release

College staff lobbies lawmakers to fund program for female inmates

Jail tracks inmates' tattoos
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Inmates clean out Upper Hamakua Ditch

Violant in Romanian Prisons

Namibia: Overcrowded Prisons to Be Investigated

Prisons to Close; Prisoners to Be Released


February 26

U.S. prison population projected to soar by 200,000 in five years

Corrections to double its drug rehab places
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Inmate asking for execution, but questions linger
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Former inmate's mother upset over bill remedying court loss

Did state fully treat inmate's hepatitis?

Corporate profits soar as prisons keep filling up

Make prisons privately run

More Drug Treatment Units In Prisons

State seeks fix for squeezed prisons prisprisons

Panel: Florida executioners need more training, inmates' consciousness should be monitored
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Unearthing the history behind Wisconsin State Prison Cemetery
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Prison commission idea is good

PM waiting for prison staff corruption inquiry


February 25

Prisoners help give dogs a 'New Leash on Life'
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Death Row inmate wins bid for DNA test in '90 Lexington case
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Class action status given to Del. death row inmates
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California to release nonviolent inmates to reduce prison crowding

The prisons are the crime

Critics Say Prisoner Transfers Punish Children and Families
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Special Assignment: Inside CA Prisons

Proposal may chase racism from prisons

California prison mess defies solution

Prison doomed by cost of care

Woman turns letter writing into ministry of corresponding with prisoners


February 24

$2M for new prisoner transfer facility at Maryborough Courthouse

SoCal jail guard accused of stealing PlayStation from inmate
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Nicotine patches banned from Alberta prisons
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Prisons to spend €50,000 on clothes
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Collins to stay as head of state prisons department

Inmates tell it like it is to Martin Middle students

San Quentin Inmates Join Police Anti-Violence Effort

Rev. Jesse Jackson encourages inmates to get tested for HIV
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Questions Raised Over Safety After Prisoner Release
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Guard Sentenced For Sex With Female Prisoner

Governor to consider early inmate release

Prisoner runs up big health bill; who pays?

Senate Republicans want to find other ways to deal with prisoners

“Respect Life”: Freed Prisoners Rap Death Penalty

Prisoners help paint woolshed visitor centre

1,300 Prisoners To Be Granted Amnesty

Prisoners use football to 'Move on Up'
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February 23

Inmates compete in talent contest

Voice for ill inmates dies

Released from death row: Cleared inmate to speak at Congress

Ore. jail deputy accused of relationship with inmate

Editorial: Crowded Prisons Demand Give and Take, Somewhere

Prosecutor seeks state help to probe youth jail sex claims
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Governor aims to substitute county jails for prisons

Report: State prisons should do more to prevent inmate suicides
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Arizona prisons offer diversity, harsh conditions

Judith Hutchins: Prisons aren't equipped to treat serious mental illness

Prison phone lawsuit allowed to continue
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Prison guard sentenced in sex-for-contraband scandal

Governor shakes up prison drug rehab

Today's talker: Dutch government proposes knee lock to stop parolees from escaping
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Prisoner drug treatment program ineffective, study finds
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February 21

State prison project aims to train inmates for life on the outside

Hunt helps released inmates find jobs

Judge throws out Schwarzenegger's plan to transfer thousands of prison inmates
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Inmates changing their names in prison

Former Inmates Sue Jail Officials Over Cell Cleanup
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Governor Plans to Parole More than 5,000 Inmates
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Dallas County commissioners settle jail lawsuit with mentally ill inmates
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Court rules against death row inmate
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Public hearing to kick around private prisons

Marijuana laws put pressure on prisons

US Attorney, LA Reports Two Correctional Officers At Chino State Prison Indicted On Federal Civil Rights Charges

Prison smokes market booms
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NY's Top Court Allows Prison Phone Suit
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Disabled prisoners begin moving to new facility
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Prisoners in legal battle to vote

Dutch government proposes knee lock to keep prisoners from escaping

Tax dollars pay for prisoner health care

Judge Rules Calif. Prison Inmate Transfers Illegal
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February 20

Inmates are students in Vermont's unique rehab program

Now that the inmates have moved in, what next?
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Officers face charges of aggravated battery on inmate
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Native American inmate group files lawsuit for religious rights violations

Death Row inmate's attorney says crime lab biased
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Houston, We Have A Problem: 'Chronicle' Probes 101 Inmate Deaths

Prisons full by fall; now what?

Idea of closing prisons stirs controversy upstate

Corrections chairmen say state may reach space crunch for prisons

Letter from Namibia: Are our prisons faring well? It’s a qualified Yes

Prison education is a challenge for Moroccan officials

Officials at Texas juvenile prison accused of molesting inmates


February 19

Inmate pummeled for hour by 4

Officials: Rehabilitation key to inmate success

Inmate work crews focus on graffiti

Inmate move likely to create more room

Pa. not alone in inmate surge, study shows

Crime or punishment

Governor's prison plan raises concerns

Officials at Texas juvenile prison accused of molesting inmates
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Strangle your sick budgie

Prisoner to take Balfour to court
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Former prisoners give back through their art

Outcry over 'routine' use of restraints on child prisoners

In Vermont, Prisoners Go To High School Behind Bars
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February 18

State Maps Way Out Of Prisons Box

Taking another shot

Tobacco black market is smoking hot in California prisons

State attorney says crowding at prisons exacerbates tensions

No Money To Run New British Prisons
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Greene County Jailer Fired for Alleged Sexual Activity with Prisoner

Group Helps Guide County’s Inmates

Innocence Project to review DNA for 354 inmates
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Prison guards union forges alliance on sentencing
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Judge hears pleas for, against transfers of prison inmates
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Lauderdale County prison wants to add 500 inmates

Jail inmates get moral preaching

County sends widow bill for dead Ore. inmate

Hearing ordered by high court for death-row inmate
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Investigation launched into alleged inmate abuse


February 17

Prison Art: Inspired by Love

Victims' Advocates Speak Out Against Illinois Prisoner Review Board

Two death row prisoners use new route to challenge executions

Wisconsin settles Supermax inmate's lawsuit for $475,000
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S.J. prison plan intended to hold infirm inmates

Building Bonds Inmates contribute to advocacy program

Calif. Prison Inmates Earn School Degrees

Larimer County sheriff vows to cut back on inmates
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Inmates should clear snow

Bill to require testing of inmates tabled

East Miss. prison wants to add 500 inmates

What does population growth in our prisons mean for the future?

Prisons waste valuable labor

Projected Inmate Increase Strains Prisons, Taxpayers, Study Says

Revolving door to state prisons

The key to the prisons crisis

Reid announces plans to build two new prisons
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House votes for new prison
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Georgia’s Prison Population to Increase over the Next Five Years
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Prison Fellowship president blasts liberal mindset regarding faith-based programs


February 16

Guard ignored warnings before killing, ex-inmate testifies

Wis. inmates attend college

Many inmates 'have very low IQs'

Inmates face phone curbs
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Senate panel passes bill to allow businesses to contract inmates for work

Indian inmates say religious rights are being denied

Lawsuit Aimed At Transferring Mentally Ill Inmates To State Custody
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Inmates, California officials warn prisons crowded
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Report projects prisons to grow fastest in Florida

Prisons and rehabilitation

US prison population to add 200,000 convicts by 2011: study
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February 15

Female inmates to participate in innovative art program

Defense attorney: Rapist was a 'model prisoner'

Inmate loses hand making license plates, sues
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Inmate seeks $700k for prison officials' 'awful conduct'

County denies inmate’s $10.2 million claim

Jailer accused of sexually assaulting inmate

School for inmates shows signs of success

Meals for inmates cost a little more

147 Inmates granted festival parole for reunion

Study predicts rise in inmate populations
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Inmates without death sentences lose a bid to get off death row

High security prisons overcrowded, space in open institutions

State orders prisons to provide beds for all inmates by July

Growth Spurt Projected For Oklahoma Prisons

Thoughts of a California Correctional Officer About Prisons, Inmates, and Their Keepers

Court hears appeal of ruling agianst faith-based prison program
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February 14

Proposal would protect prisoners from prosecution for having sex with guards

Prisoners Released Because Of Overcrowding
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Ways to control inmate medical costs discussed

Former correction's officer charged with having sex with inmate

Site Offers Jail Inmates As Potential Dates This Valentines
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Orange begins checking inmates for mental illness
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Inmates count cut to meet standards
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Sheriff: Cost of housing inmates out of county eclipses $75,000 for January

Jail inmates on education quest
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Inmates without death sentences lose bid to get off Pa. death row
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Prisons chief 'fears' for young adults
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Panel Of Doctors For Prison Inmates

Report: Malaysia to build 16 more prisons to end overcrowding

Prisons at breaking point

Former prison psychologist sentenced in inmate sex case

American Indians Sue Maine Prison Again
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February 13

National Group Backs Efforts To Keep Nonviolent Criminals Out Of Prison
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California Needs Systemic Prison Reform, Not Exporting Prisoners Out of State

RAPE in American Prisons: A report by Human Rights Watch
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Supreme Court Rules: A Bed for Every Prisoner
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182 prisoners to take exam on Gandhian thought
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New jail would save county $1 per inmate, per day

Delaware inmate says guards nearly beat him to death
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Arkansas Bill Would Require Inmates To Receive HIV Test Before Being Paroled

Plan would move inmates closer to urban areas
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Granholm would release 5,000 inmates

Healthcare costs for inmates soar

150 Tihar inmates to appear for IGNOU exams

New program for mentally ill inmates
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Prisoners of love - America's hottest inmates want you
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Plea bargains help relieve packed Dallas County jail
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Dallas County releases low-level inmates

HIV/AIDS prevention in prisons hampered by shortage of workers

Halal food for prisons

Gender Gap Is Shrinking In Prisons

Amnesty bill might be withdrawn over rising tension in prisons
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Lawmakers must take action to slow revolving door at prisons

O'Malley says safety is his top prison priority—
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Prison officials’ primer on mentally ill

No walkout by prison staff in pay hike row
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February 12

Ex-prisoner wins compensation for anti-Muslim diet
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La. leads in prisoner illness deaths

Prisoner ReEntry Initiative provides support and hope

Students hear from inmate about life choices

Delaware inmate says guards nearly beat him to death—
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Judge orders inmate to receive nourishment against his wishes

One in three inmates have hep C

IMA concern over health condition of jail inmates

TV show to feature prison death case

Many convicted killers aren't housed at most-secure prisons

Anti-recidivism Programs in CO Prisons

No monitor named yet for Del. prisons

Experts: More to prison deaths than health care
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February 11

Gov. calls for release of inmates

Legislation to bring inmates home advances

Pot Prisoners Cost Americans $1 Billion a Year

Prisoners steal show in Arouca

Don't outsource states prisoners
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Prisoner ready for death

Inmate charged Lewis County Jail rape
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Lawmakers tackle rising inmate population

Ex-inmate near execution awarded $14 million
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Judge rejects lawsuit filed by exonerated death-row inmate
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KJOE doesn’t cost taxpayers to entertain, educate inmates as they vie for ‘Idol’ status

Bradford County: State should reimburse counties for housing state inmates, say commissioners

Adams County Prison getting federal inmates

Retired pastor's booklet comforts inmate

Cuyahoga detention center inmates say they get shorts shrift

Spitzer plan aids mentally ill inmates

More facilities in prisons sought

60 Minutes Doing Piece on Death of Local Inmate
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Rogue wardens 'fuelling prison drug epidemic'

Spanish Prison Offers Special Family Cells for Couples With Children
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February 10

U.S. man freed from prison by DNA evidence gets $3.9 million from city

Another case of shrinking the gender gap: prison

Facing budget crisis, sheriff wants inmates to pay to be locked up

Leadership skills taught to prison inmates

Facility will allot beds for inmates

Inmates ease overcrowding

Inmates pitch in again

Prisons chief warns about overcrowding
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Filling prisons up is 'not the only option'

AIDS and condoms in African prisons

Corn calls for bipartisan task force on corrections

Prisons to offer voluntary programs
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Machines bought to issue voter IDs could be used for inmates

Lawmakers tackle a growing prison population

Panel OKs $56 million DOC deal
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Committee approves extension of prisons health care contract

Legislator Proposes Texas-Run Prison In Mexico
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Productive prisoners receive degrees

Don't outsource prisoners

Senate bill limits prisoners serving as trusties

Bill Requires HIV Tests For Prisoners

Cook County state's attorney challenges Prisoner Review Board
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Union assails prisons after inmate attack

Former inmate is making progress

High court refuses to hear another appeal from death row inmate
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Inmate population at Wells Co. Jail increases after 4-month decline


February 9

Prison healthcare 'stretched and struggling'

Public-private competiton for new prison beds

McInnis artwork: both disturbing and fascinating

Morton explores electronic monitoring of prisoners

Prisoners’ rights

Inmates arrive to help

Escambia County inmates being treated for tuberculosis
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Reader: Well-fed inmates in state's best interest

LCKCI inmates receive professional nail therapist certificates

Adams to get federal inmates
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Judge criticized for handling of condemned Nevada inmate's appeal

Inmate Sues To End Ban On His Prison Preaching
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Rep. Duncan Hunter Calls for Bureau of Prisons Director to Be Fired Over Prison Beating of Border Patrol Agent.
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House panel gives privatization of prisons a chance

Six Punjab prisons to get 300 jail wardens

Raise prisons' standards for treating mentally ill

Nevada prisons risk federal takeover due to overcrowding

Checks in prisons and protection of inmates' human rights


February 8

More than 600 state prisoners housed in jails
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Justice minister wants more prisoners to work
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Prisoners aplenty ... Federation cell count third highest

Free the child prisoners of Texas
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Female prisoners 'second class'

Public Protector calls for compensation for prisoner

Ex-prisoner may win £5,000 in legal aid over voting case

Rookie officer fired from Spokane Police

Union files grievance against county for using inmate labor

Inmate who says he was abused settles lawsuit for $120,000

Not Enough Inmates in Cameron County Jail?
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‘Lactating inmates live separately’

Will community prisons help or hurt women?
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Prison preaching case heard in federal appeals court
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Florida Officer Accused of Sex with Prisoner
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Inmates To Serve Longer Part Of Sentences

Brevard inmates get cooking lessons

Our Opinion: Your bill for state prisons - $100,000/hour

Call for building more prisons

Kenya: Study - Torture Still Rampant in Kenyan Prisons

Overcrowded Tihar to get relief with two new prisons

Let’s set up universities, not prisons

Anger Over Possible Silicon Valley Prison
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February 6

No study grants for prisoners

Meth Destroying Teeth of Prisoners, Causing Dental Budget to Soar
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Philly Prisoners To Get Better Access To Condoms

Caribbean countries among those with highest prisoner to population ratioso

Lamar jailers accused of sexually assaulting prisoner

Ex-deputy pleads no contest to Tasering inmate

Inmate Says Guards Ruptured Spleen

Evidence found in case of death row inmate

Arthur Road Jail inmates angry

Inmates graduate from rehabilitation programme

Jailer charged with assaulting 2 inmates, delivering drugs
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Youth prisons to offer attorney access
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Prisons 'should not get' corporate manslaughter exemption
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Chairman seeks decongestion of prisons

What is behind the expansion of U.S. prisons?

Parliamentarian proposes work places in prisons

Md. state senator calls for study of violence in prisons

This Alien Life: Privatized Prisons for Immigrants

State looks at ways to reform prisons
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Prison offers family cell units for inmates with children


February 5

A prisoner's agonising cry

The Paw-shank Redemption

Prisons' legal strain

Prisons: Stop punishing state's taxpayers

HIV testing in the prisons

Granholm to discuss plans to cut Mich. prison population
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Lib Dems: Prison overcrowding leading to more violence
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Calif. faced with unprecedented prison overcrowding

Prisoners to sit in at council meeting

Von Einem charged over cards
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100 prisoners in legal fight over voting

Jail slimming club will pay porky prisoners to battle their bulge

Prisoners help clear up after tornadoes


February 4

Ohio youth prisons to offer juveniles access to attorneys
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Prisons trimming calories from menus

Corporate murder bill faces new threat

Re-entry or re-Imprisonment?

Maynard pledges support to prison unions

Prison art gets a release

Inmate describes saving baby in prison

Inmate says guards beat her so badly her spleen ruptured

Call to allow inmate DNA databank

Evidence missing again from file of death-row inmate

Jury: former guard guilty of inmate rape
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Ex-inmates sue over length of time in jail

San Quentin to expand rehab program to ease overcrowding
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California to start forcing inmates to transfer out of state
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Inmates say jail is too cold; inspectors agree


February 3

Sheriff plans to buy GPS systems
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Committee looks at the growing cost of inmate medical services

Jury: Former halfway house guard guilty of inmate rape
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South Africa: Only Terminally Ill Inmates Are Released to Families

DOC loses appeal of judge's ruling on inmates
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State to cool off inmates

Judge puts up hurdle in Death-Row inmates' case

HIV testing of inmates clears legal hurdle
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California will start forcing inmates to transfer out of state
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Blame trouble on the prisons?

Prisons could open area to real gangs seeking drug market

Crist: Review prison deals
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Prison to get mental health wing
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February 2

Prisons' fees take toll on poor families

Music to the aid of prisoners

Can the prisons crisis be solved?

Jail is no place for inmates who are mentally ill

Prisoner dispels glamour of gang life in pop culture

Three prison guards on trial in alleged assault of ACI inmate

Prison guard accused of beating inmate

Audit: Jail Spends Too Much On Inmate Healthcare
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Trying To Slow The Flow of Inmates

Prison Inmates Earn College Degrees in Pilot Program

Time well spent: Inmates rehab computers for schools

US judge says inmates should take lethal-injection challenge to prison officials first
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Inmates help rehabilitate retired racehorses and end up learning valuable lessons

Zambia: Prisons Are Correctional Facilities

Prisons to access USE

Supreme Court denies appeal of tax exemption for private prisons

Spitzer looks at closing some state prisons
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Culture pill in prisons

Mental Health unit proposed at Soledad prison
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Archbishop slams 'prison obsession'
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Union demands prison system review


February 1

Solitary Confinement Called "Inappropriate" for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Indiana

New jail pod would be paid by housing federal prisoners

Prisoners kept in police cells

To stop violence, start with a better diet for prisoners, says scientist

New prisons chief ready to tackle booming inmate counts

Commissioners address inmate housing concerns

Tower says he and inmate 'made out'
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Pink Cells Calm Inmates

Battle over mentally ill inmates ends

Inmates want higher pay for prison guards
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Costs of housing inmates takes big leap

Corruption allegations at Rotorua Prison 'being taken seriously'

Prison nurses who sued get $1-million

DOC plans expansion of Oklahoma State Penitentiary
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List of NH prison inmates now online

Cold cases in jail
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Over 1,400 Tihar jail inmates are drug addicts

Condoms in Australian prisons don't lead to 'rape and mayhem'

Prison Director: Prisons Facing Glut In 6 Years
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OSCE and the U.S. Government donate books and library furniture to prisons in Georgia

Legislative priority check: Build prisons or pre-schools

Watchdog panel calls for independent commission to reform prisons

Prisons present study in contrast - Tale of Twin Jails: One serene, the other shoddy

Wales prisons are bursting, say Lib Dems

Research Shows Prisons Decreasingly Effective in Reducing Crime

HIV Testing Should Be Conducted Among Inmates Entering, Exiting Prisons

Brundidge Prison Possible
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Texas lawmakers consider shift in prison philosophy
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Watchdog finds prison service 'in crisis'

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