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Punishment and Proportionality


April 30


Jails give amenities to inmates with cash
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Byculla jail capacity is 200, prison population is 9,932

Jails in state to house more inmates

For a more effective prison system

Day denies prison privatization plans but is he being honest?

An Inconvenient Truth about California's Prison Crisis
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Two federal judges hold key to California prison reform

Returning to society after prison or jail still a challenge

Prison deal is more of the same
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States eye drug court treatment programs as alternative to prison
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Prison Limits Toilet Paper
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USU inmate college program out of money

Support prison education

Thousands await executions in U.S. prisons

Find more savings in prisons


April 29


Calls Said To Gouge Inmates

Our Opinion: Prisons: a costly growth industry

What went wrong at prison?

Our Opinion: It's only fair: Az inmates should be in Az prisons

Lawsuit over escaping inmates is dismissed

Crowding May Force Agency To Stop Accepting Inmates
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Jail inmates can now study to become Degree holder
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Inmates speak out on internet

Inmates give back

Editorial: Spending more cash on California prisons not enough

Prison pact may signal new era of cooperation


April 28


Appeals panel denies stay of execution for Ala. Inmate
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Head of TYC facility fired amid claims of inmate abuse
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Talk that inmate's heart could beat after jolt enters debate over Nebraska's electric chair
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Lawyer: Dade jail inmate died after being left alone, covered in feces
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Inmates released because of overcrowding
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New Mexico Inmates Have Right to be Baptized

Japan’s death row inmates rise to over 100
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Senate passes bill to fund transition program from prisoners' pay

Some farms use inmates for relief from labor shortages

Calif. Lawmakers Approve Prison Plan
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Prosecutor drops case against man who served 16 years in prison
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Prison to Limit Inmates Toilet Paper
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Editorial: New Castle prison riot leaves lots of questions to answer


April 27


TYC inmate population has dropped by 650 this year

Two sheriff's deputies forced out; intimate contact with inmate alleged
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Miss. death row inmate wins new trial

Inmate's death blamed on Dade jailers' neglect
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Will Texas budget conference committee build new prisons?

Superbugs hit prisons
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Inmates Will Grow a Bounty for Residents With Beetles
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First inmates released from Pinellas jail
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Crime victims to speak to inmates
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Ex-prison official Clark handed prison term in kickback probe
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California Legislature Approves Plan To Add Prison Beds
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Poll: Would Americans Execute Bin Laden?
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Finding art behind prison bars
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Behind Prison Riots


April 26


Hard choices on Pinellas jail crowding

Inmate nearing execution appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
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Young people remanded to adult prisons as Feltham pressures rise

Bill to close youth prisons passes committee
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Lawsuits drive prison operations in California
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Adult inmates cause trouble in juvenile detention


April 25


Former Prisoner Ed Reed Releases Debut Album

St. Margaret’s parishioner provides job training to the incarcerated

An unlikely friendship

Prisoner said he escaped to get away from drug users
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Prisoner challenges jail vote ban
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Inmates say training dogs unleashes hope
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Priorities: Mentally incompetent inmates languishing in Texas county jails
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Lethal injections may leave inmates conscious until death: study
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Alabama Prisons Population at All-Time High

Ex-Prison Head Gets 8 Years in Scandal
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April 24


Project DETOUR just that for troubled kids

A Time For Hope

The Hardest Word

Lights out on common sense

In prison, he helped others; free, he couldn't help himself
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Poetry from prison - Georgetown's Prison Outreach program

Plans for jail's $13.5 million annex move ahead

Therapists try to keep inmates out of jail

Utah State Says It Will End College For Inmates
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Vanderburgh County polls inmates on education

Good inmates needed for outside work

Berrien jailer accused of sexual assault

Inmates at the Utah County Jail Will Soon Pay for Stay

GPS violations low in county

Inmate bracelet program is working

Death Row Inmate Loses High Court Appeal
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Texas COs to Lege: Don't Build New Prisons

Solution to inmate overcrowding is more prisons, not fewer prisoners

State, prison guards face off over control inside the walls

California prisons benefit from tough advocate

Champions from prisons

State is sued over hospital staffing crisis
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Prison costs shackling Oregon

Poll: Nevadans favor new prisons over other crowding options
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Prison Official Arrested

Massachusetts Prison Debacle
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April 23


Jail comparing inmates' criminal & educational histories
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'Islamic' prison gangs face crackdown
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Overtime for prison officers jumps 81 percent
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Prison offers a new lease on life for inmates battling drugs

State's prison system kept inmates jailed too long
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Inmates say prison would be secure
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Sheridan inmates instructed on making positive changes
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Some prison inmates voted in Nigeria's presidential poll: report

Study says few prisoners contract HIV

'Prisoners' eye Marathon record

Supreme Court lays new law on detention Directs Deportation of POK prisoners

Kidney for freedom offer by prisoners

Delay likely in inmate food money legislation

Want new Texas prisons? Why not just take the money from blind children?

Canada's prisons dangerous: Report
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Five-star jails of India
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Homosexuality exists in Mw prisons—Lucius Banda
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Bulging prisons bring record complaints
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April 22


County inmates to clean up Rumford roadsides

Pasco jail inmates to be moved to Hernando, Citrus
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Book policy upsets O.C. inmates' families
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Ex-BMHI building eyed for inmates

State says inmate got fair trial

MSU grad aims to make a difference by improving the lives of prisoners

Inmate therapy program tackles mental health issues

Private investigator indicted on charges he threatened inmate—
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July 1 tobacco ban at state prisons delayed

Prison officials stop work on new death chamber
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Court rejects inmates' voting bid
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Inmates set to be shackled


April 21


More Inmates at Brooklyn Jail If City Changes Standards

State, kin don't like prisoner transfers

Collier deputy accused of having sex with inmate

Third ex-inmate files abuse suit
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Chinese Prisoner Sues Yahoo Under Torture Victims Ac
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Former Murder Prisoner May Get Retrial
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Balfour addresses overcrowding in prisons

Welcome change in our prisons

Overcrowded prisons ticking time bomb: Bloem
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Prisons allowed to break tobacco laws

New guards not enough for packed prisons

Bishops call for action on Zimbabwe and Prisons

Tories to review federal prisons
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Communion wine barred from New Zealand prisons
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Pastor urges Christians to go behind prison bars

Senegal: Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Defamation


April 20


Washington Supreme Court upholds taking DNA samples from prisoners
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Rwanda: Prisoners to Access ARVs

Let prisoners eat porridge, says MP

Number of prisoners without adequate representation growing in New Orleans
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Art Behind Bars

FBI eyeing inmates' suit in beatings, lawyer says

Governor won't give opinion when inmates volunteer for execution
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Kansas Jail Charging Inmates Rent

Inmates go on strike, doubt if they will vote

Former Texas youth prison administrators plead not guilty to sexually abusing inmates
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Mille Lacs jail housing more female inmates

Sheriff can release hundreds of inmates to relieve crowding
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Polk to let inmates work during terms

Collier correctional officer charged with sexual misconduct with female inmate
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Bill to pay the wrongly convicted moves forward

Tennessee company settles in death of inmate's baby
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Restrictions on Communion wine in prisons seen as denying freedom of worship

Prisons are too full

New Pelican Bay warden appointed


April 19


Mom says shipping inmates out of Az hurts rehab chances
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Government stalls on proposal to put young criminals in adult prisons
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Prisons' boss reveals de-congestion plans

Prisons chief Dennehy leaving post
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Maximum security prisons

Violence a legacy of Labour’s prisons

Psychiatrist reprimanded for relationship with prisoner

Prison Program Pairs Criminals With Victims

Number of New Orleans prisoners without representation grows
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Prison ordered to let inmates see their lawyers

Inmates help out with fund-raiser

Deal gives mentally ill inmates more treatment
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Court rules in favor of inmates
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April 18


Three Condemned Texas Inmates Lose Supreme Court Appeals

For 38 inmates, tent jail is now home
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Social worker’s story is one of inspiration for inmates at the county jail

Amend laws to ease overcrowded prisons
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Open prisons are a waste of our money

Execution room outrage imperils prisons project
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Oh, You Mean Those Prisons
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Ariz. inmate to be executed
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Nevada lawmakers consider alternatives to prison growth

Industrial action at Risdon Prison
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Ionia prison to be closed

Prisoners to sue over voting ban

Agreement part of better psychiatric care for NY prisoners
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Fla. jailer charged with choking inmate
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Jail Guard Charged In Assault Involving Inmate
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April 17


Painting in prison

Court Won't Review Inmate's Letter Case
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Prison employee charged with having sex with inmate
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Jailer Arrested for Inmate Sex

Justices to eye Texas death case
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Three condemned Texas inmates lose Supreme Court appeals
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Feds Charge 11 Brooklyn Jail Guards With Attacking Inmates

Female Inmates Learn Horticulture

House Bill Would Permit Fewer Inmates At TYC Facilities
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Death row inmates stage hunger strike to protest conditions
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Bills would lift restriction on prisoner IDs

Spitzer's controversial plan to reform prisons

Prisons end 'khao daeng' era

Expand mental health in prisons, Steinberg says

Prisons and their problems

Guard pact could bedevil prison-relief negotiations
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Prison ministries to hold conference

Home Office promises review after private prison exposé
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Prison considers polygraph tests for new hires

Pardoned prisoners return to jail

Reject violence, priest urges prisoners at Easter
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Editorial: Safeguarding prisoners


April 16


Maximum Security Education

Hale sues Jeffco to pay inmate health care bill

Plan To Ship Maine Inmates To Oklahoma Draws Criticism
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Inmates donate artwork to help police officer

Colorado Inmates Sue Over Mosquitoes
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Prisoner wants baby born in jail returned to her care

Prisoner health care contracts come in higher than budgeted

State Going After Prisoner Inheritances; Judgments
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Jugs full

Newspaper: TYC confirmed few cases of abuse
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Plan recommends new classification system for prisons
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Texas prisons have high percentage of unfilled guard jobs
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Crowded prisons spawn debates over reforms, housing options
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Consolidating state prisons, county jails piques legislators' interest

Female inmates at Newport prison learn horticulture
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Girl Scouts Visit Prison To See Their Mothers

Privacy concerns 'putting prison officers at risk'
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Religious programmes for prisoners


April 15


Texas Inmate Basis of Supreme Court Case
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Inmates to sit high school test behind bars

Bill to Allow Early Release of Nevada Inmates Doomed by Amendment
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Officials fight over solutions for prisons

Ghanaian Prisons now 'Crime factories'

Prison's new death chamber catches some by surprise
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Inmates prepare to work after prison
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California prison guards will permit vote on new contract
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Could Duke Lacrosse Prosecutor End Up in Prison?

Bill on social adaptation of released prisoners passes first reading

Corrections budget sees big growth

Health-care costs for prisoners catch officials off guard

Britain oppressing Muslim prisoners
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April 14


Allegheny County Jail Guard Acquitted Again Of Inmate Crimes
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Detective in hot water for allowing inmate to have sex
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Feds charge 11 Brooklyn jail guards with attacking inmates
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Inmates graduate with GEDs

Inmates lose freedom, humanity in prison

Extra $23 Million For Prisons
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Georgian Patriarch considers the existing situation to be unsatisfactory at prisons.

UK prisons are'radicalising' young Muslims
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Eye to Eye - Corruption in our prisons

Black Market In Tobacco Makes Prisons More Violent
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Tape of Taser assault on handcuffed prisoner released
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What goes in comes back out

Malawi to distribute condoms to prisoners


April 13


Sheriff implements new strategies for housing prisoners

Ky. court considers inmate‘s death wish
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Woman sues, alleges jail beating

Ex-inmate alleging rape, threats at jail
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11 N.Y. prison guards charged in inmates' beatings
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Judge allows 2 to join death-penalty suit

Ala. death-row inmates want more appeals
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Habitat for Humanity helps female inmates help others
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Ex-prosecutor, freed inmates call for end to Pa. death penalty
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Misdemeanors, minorities sentenced to embattled Tex. prisons

Overcrowded prisons 'costing UK taxpayer £5 million a month'
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As prisons fill up, justice pays price

Report on male prisons facilities sought

Troubleshooter Is New Davao Prisons chief

Prisoner tracking system heads here
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Florence Prepares for Prisoner Execution

Texas Executes 12th Prisoner This Year
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Texas Panel OKs Youth Prison Overhaul
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April 12


Serving hard time the easy way

Bill to Release Sick and Dying Prisoners Needs Your Support

New prisoners more likely to carry hep C: study
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Prisoners to be released on parole

Pricetag for moving prisoners tops $1m
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Guard Charged With Hitting Inmate With Bible
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Ex-jailer sentenced to probation for fondling inmate
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County seeking Medicaid for inmates

Deport alien inmates? It's about time
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Ventura County preparing for influx of state prison inmates
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Twelve jail inmates remained quarantined for chickenpox
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Inmates have rights ordered by law

Minister to launch ‘pups in prisons’ rehabilitation project

DOC’s Partnership with Wheelchair Recycling Program Receives National Award Recognition

Commentary: Without drug treatment programs, prisons are just inmate warehouses

Juvenile misdemeanor offenders straining embattled Texas prisons
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Indonesian Govt To Open Six More Prisons In 2007

Prisons too full to take death driver

Prison riot play questions death penalty, angers prosecutor


April 11


Mississippi County Prisoners Helping Marmaduke

Council to set rules for housing of released prisoners
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Court cells used to bail out our packed prisons

Critical bed shortage in prisons

Alien inmates in Nevada Prisons to be deported

Muslims Face Bias In State's Prisons

Mangalore: Art of Living course for jail inmates
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Former inmates urge Senate to pass reforms to aid wrongly convicted
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Inmates pay for their own jail time
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Guards forbidden to use force on inmates
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Fulton spends $4.4 million to house inmates elsewhere

Removing mentally ill from jail resumes

A Florida injustice

Serving prison time as a family

Calvin Plans Earth Week Events


April 10


Oklahoma inmate allowed to pursue mental retardation claim
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Outcry by prisoners who can only get nine TV channels

Prisoners fix fences

Freedom for elderly prisoners

Probation funds can help relieve crisis in prisons

Illinois should put new prisons to use

Kenya: Bishop Deplores Inhuman Conditions in Prisons

Stanford conference to explore prisons, race

Do more to hasten reforms in prisons

Art reflects life (sentence) for inmates

Winnebago County Sheriff Has Plan For Inmates
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Inmates Keep Dying in the D.C. Jail

Inmates, Home Depot team up to improve Glen Meadows Park

ADOC starting reentry program for inmates
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Mistaken ID blamed for rape conviction
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Corrections denies claims by prison guards


April 9


Prisoners waiting weeks for medical attention

Inmate kissed & told

Hospice to save inmates from AIDS

Inmates 'vex' over lack of parole

Honor Yard lets inmates be 'brothers' despite race

Counties seek benefits for inmates

Inmates train horses to protect America's borders

Prisons hold 12,000 'too many'
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Bishop deplores inhuman conditions in prisons

Newspaper finds flaws in health care for juveniles at TCY prisons
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County prison says former guard’s allegations irrelevant

It's not surprising Robert Sillen makes lawmakers angry

State politicians should have handled prison problems


April 8


Former prisoner found innocent is impressive speaker

China Issues New Rules on Transplants

Female prisoners to get computer course

State will spend $2.6M for repairs at 6 prisons

Medical troubles plague TYC

TYC inmates' release begins

For youth inmates, family visits key in rehabilitation

Jail inmates find licence to start life afresh

Lights out on common sense

Judge orders state to cool local inmates

Inmate Joins State, Argues for Execution
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Prison visitors ‘overworked and underfunded’

Sex-offender ruling reversed
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Prison guards sue bosses

Court rejects ban on prison preacher
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April 7


Decent, realistic change on rights

State prisoner receives liver transplant
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Florida clemency board restores voting rights to non-violent parolees

California appeals ruling against prisoner transfer plan as governor seeks stay

Visits for youth prisoners focus of legislation

County jail inmates in the cold due to broken heater

Inmates To Get Nicotine Patches For Court
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Observing Passover not easy for inmates
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Inmates paint sobering picture of life on the inside

New prison in Tazewell to have inmates by fall

First Inmates Released From TYC, Millions To Be Spent on Reforms
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Lingle plans to spend $2.6 million repairing prisons
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State working to recruit more prison guards
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Man who served 11 years in prison for burglarly is cleared
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April 6


Pennsylvania county settles lawsuit over faith-based prisoner program
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Schwarzenegger seeks stay of inmate transfer ruling

Former guard pleads guilty to having sex with teen inmate
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Books For Prisoners

Women and juvenile prisoners have quadrupled since 2003

Prisoners’ handiwork showcased

No solutions to crime or crowded prisons

Governor angles for control of prisons

Attorneys seek to revive, expand lawsuit over youth prisons
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Rostraver officials hope law will lock out prisons
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Consultant proposes $250 million for prison construction
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Hats made by inmates give young Loma Linda patients a lift
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Lions Club donates eyeglasses to jail for inmates

Overcrowded Prison Blamed For Deaths Of Dozens Of Inmates
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Inmates Address Students in Mercer County

Expanded Surveillance System In Operation At Garner Prison
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State names superintendent for Pittsburgh state prison
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Company says it was threatened by California prison receiver
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April 5


Once penalties are paid, offenders earn new start

Fairness requires restoring rights

Prison inmate gets liver transplant

Judge overturns guilty verdict in death of county jail inmate
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A look at the Ohio Supreme Court's decision on inmate DNA testing
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Adviser on mentally ill inmates named
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Inmates allege brutality, discrimination

Parole board: Inmates need education, care

Prison measure would qualify about 1,600 inmates for release
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Jail Inmates Quarantined
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Prison guards cool on state's contract offer
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More Female Prisoners Taxing Local Prisons

Prisons chief: Lockups in crisis
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Enhancments, drug court funding and probation highlight Texas Senate Criminal Justice agenda

Levin: Prisons don't hold solution to drug problems

Should state turn off lights on prisoners?

Inmate health costs soar
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Cooling equipment ordered for Jackson-area prisons

Lawmakers told prison release policies up to them, not prisons


April 4


'Hell on Earth' New Bell Prison in Douala

Man reunites with his family after 22 years in prison
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Felons may regain voting rights

Inmates may get electronic monitoring
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Inmates have reason to feel blessed

Corrections officer guilty of assaulting inmates

Working with Former Inmates

Offer better care to prisoner with AIDS

Bibb paying high health care costs for prisoners
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To Help Rikers, City Wants More Prisoners in Brooklyn
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Prisoner, world champ
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Inmate Awarded $20,000 for Harsh Conditions
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Preparing Jewish inmates for Passover

Report: High Number of Inmate Attacks at Private Prison

Destructive Washington County Jail inmate requires special jail cell

Time running out for state prison plan

Supreme Court: prisons liable for lewd inmates

Texas youth prisons system to release more than 550 inmates
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April 3


Prisoner Awarded $20,000 In Damages

Nigeria: Revamping Nigerian Prisons

Senators Reject Lingle's Nominee For Prisons
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Texas Youth Prisons to Free 550 Inmates
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Hundreds to move to open prisons to ease crowding

Speaking with conviction

State ACLU May Reopen Suit Over Women's Prison

County attorney: Inquire inmates' citizenship status
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Inmates save county $3 million

Theresa Kennelly: For once in their lives, forget

Balfour proposes trust fund for ex-prisoners


April 2


Prisoner organ donation proposal worrisome

Improving phone access, parole rates, headline Monday's Texas Corrections agenda

It's lights out in state prisons to save cash

With eye on EU membership, Turkey reforms prison system

Prisoner goes to court over cost of phone calls

State prisons dept. discloses billions in contracts
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White’s tough style needed at prisons
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Progress on fixing prisons suffers setbacks

ACLU says treatment of women inmates has deteriorated
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Artistic freedom: Inmates' talent transcends prison walls
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Prison recruits inmates

Minister pledges to make prison inmates responsible citizens

Behind bars, no hangin', feelin' fresh, or storin' stuff
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Profit puts inmates in hard spot

More elbow room for prisoners soon?

Panel to research exonerated prisoners
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April 1


Delaware Inmate Wins Suit He Argued
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Lawyer of executed inmate to sue
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State prisons department discloses billions in contracts
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Prisons To Make Cuts To Save Electricity
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Race and class in prisons

Sexual assaults in Texas prisons make victims out of convicts

Legislature won’t fund panel studying prisons’ shut-down
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More Guards Fired at Hendry Prison For Threats
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Commissioners hope to amend medical regulations for inmates

42 New Orleans inmates to be freed
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Where inmates plead to remain in jail

Australian prisoners also wait years for day in court

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