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May 31


Is overcrowding real issue?

Mohammed orders release of 352 prisoners

Prisoners given personal trainers
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Prisoners make custom furniture, visualize life outside

Can prisoners find the key to a new design for life in jail?

Judge Frees Prisoner After Ruling Sentence Harsh
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Artist as Prisoner

Condemned inmate OK with hearing plan

Candy Prompted Fatal Jail Fight, Sheriff Says

"Sensitive Needs" Inmates Will Soon Arrive At Sierra Conservation Center

Rotary Central supports inmates to take GED exams
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State planning to use prison inmates to pick up highway litter

Former inmates allege abuse in Gem County Jail
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Jefferson Co. officials want state inmates out of jails faster
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Overcrowding To Force Early Release Of Inmates
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Sweat lodge helps inmates practice religious beliefs
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Columbiana facility to help prisons

Too costly to have overcrowded prisons
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Prison reforms are not optional

State prison guards earning higher pay
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Our Opinion: No vacancy: Prison staffs finally filled, public safer
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May 30


California tries to curb high suicide rate among inmates
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Prison inmates give road signs a facelift
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Ministers plan to assist Richmond jail inmates
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N.Y. creates prison dementia unit to handle aging inmates
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Marlin VA hospital to re-open as hospital for Texas female inmates
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Prisons may hire teens

Federal agents to target illegal immigrants in jails and prisons
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Grand jury finds prisons understaffed, still up to code

'Meth mouth' costly to prisons

Advocates: Oversight needed over prisons

Prisoners learn to relax in sweat lodges
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Cash Cards for Women Prisoners

Let the prisoners decide

Prisoner's thoughts shackled by rule

Lawsuit: disabled prisoner denied use of prosthetic leg, injured in falls
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Senate panel says early release of prisoners is public threat
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Miss. death row inmate asks Supreme Court to throw out conviction
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May 29


More than 12,000 prisoners released

More released prisoners find society a no-man's land

Prisoners demand right to tan in a bikini
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Treating juveniles as juveniles

Juvenile prisoners sexually abused at Adiala Jail

Tracking tag on ex-prisoner proves a flop
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Retrial Possible for Most Famous Black Inmate

Regina jail to try out inmate dress code

Nevada prisons, parole board need oversight, advocates say

Inmates fight the prison of fading 'pre-parole' system

Illinois Eyes Help For Inmates' Children
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Inmates Use Greenhouse to Better Lives
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Sweat lodges spring up at prisons

New York prison creates dementia unit as inmate population ages
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May 28


Prisoners released early due to crowding
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Former Prison Inmate Sues Over Worksite Injury

New panel aims to make inmate re-entry less likely
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For Inmates, a Stage Paved With Hope

Child molester's jail fight with other inmates under investigation

She's best friend to rapists, killers

Sad, not guilty, to shoot 55 inmates

Fitting in female inmates

Prisoners on deathrow demand conjugal rights

Prisons can be de-congested, expert contends

Prisons punish, not treat, mental breakdowns

In California prisons, reducing inmate suicides a rare success
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Inmates Running Prisons Says Watchdog

Texas likely to get caught up in profitable prison-building boom

Prison managers to take industrial action over $4500 allowance cut
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May 27


Profits for Private Jailers

No Strings Attached: Backroom deal removes all accountability from new prison spending in Texas

Tasers for prison officers
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Prisoner numbers at record
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ACLU files court action following alleged beating of prison inmate
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Inmate sues over work project injury
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Inmates, call home

Inmate on hunger strike over sweat lodge access
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Sweat lodges a spiritual haven for Indian inmates


May 26


Death penalty trial would deny inmate due process, lawyers say
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Ada County Makes Money From Housing Federal Inmates

Beautician course for Tihar women inmates

Church brings baptism service to inmates who can't leave jail (11:30 a.m.)

UN torture panel blasts Japan justice system
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Prisons official quits in porn stir
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Tallahassee Senior Center: "Prison Art: Inspired by Love," original pencil drawings, pastels and greeting cards by inmates in Florida prison work camps.
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Working With Prisoners to Design Furniture for Prison Cells

Better care for ex-prisoners call

June 13 Program Will Address Issues Facing Communities, Prisoners, Their Families

Mining boom to get North-West prisoners back on track

Female prisoners demand bikinis
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Prisoner numbers at all-time high
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May 25


Beaumont man recieves award from governor

A Date with a Convict -- Prisoners Using the Internet to Find Love Behind Bars

Prisoners save farmer's life

Prisoners fill labour shortfall
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Fund to help freed prisoners start businesses

County worker fired using inmate
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Delaware prison guards charged in inmate assault
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Mixed verdict for King County jail guard in sex-with-inmates case
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Uganda: Kasese Inmates Complain of Poor Feeding, Ill Health
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Death Row inmates sue again over lethal injection

Tennessee Jail Closed, Inmates Moved

State will boost capacity at nine prisons to save money
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House Committee Discusses How to Reduce HIV/AIDS in Prisons
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Corrections Corp. Expands Okla. Prisons
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Can Texas staff new prisons?
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CA May Soon Spend More on Prisons than Colleges

N.M. pays more for private prisons, report says
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May 24


Female pastor comforts Zimbabwe's women prisoners

Prisoners raise cash for inmates in Ethiopia

House passes faith-based prisoner program
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County Employee Loses Job Over Inmate's Yard Work

Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate
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DJJ Officer Arrested for Touching Inmate

Death Row inmates say lethal injection violates drug laws
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Jury still undecided whether guard had sex with inmates
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Building more prisons isn't the answer

Union questions prison sex laws
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Crist embraces new prison tack: coaching inmates for life outside
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May 23


Marshall County inmate fee passes on first reading

Sex between prisoners, guards to be outlawed
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Union questions prison sex laws

House passes faith-based prisoner re-entry program
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Jails crisis as prisoner numbers reach new peak

Ariz. Executes Inmate Who Fought Appeals
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Inmate set to be executed for 1988 killing in Tuscaloosa County
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Governor to resume transfer of prison inmates out of state

Corrections boss wants more opportunities for inmates
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Are inmates taking system for a ride? Call for change

Hidden Device Shocks Unruly Inmates

Forsyth Detention Officers Charged with Having Sex with Inmates
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Ex-Inmates Receive Housing in Idaho -- First of Its Kind in Pacific Northwest

USM, prison discuss education for inmates

Police Refuse To Check Inmates’ Immigration Status

Erik Steele: Maine - a state addicted to prisons

Prisons chief hails execution team secrecy
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Not my job to build prisons, says Balfour

Prisons department to go hi-tech

Texas short on guards as lawmakers mull new prisons
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May 22


More support needed for prisoners' families, report says
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Bill Changing Early Inmate Releases Signed by Governor Gibbons

Judge rules California can resume inmate transfers
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The US inmates who choose to walk down Death Row
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Questions Abound as Death Penalty Proponents, Opponents Vie Before Judge
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In California, prisons' budget to trump colleges'
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Prison turned into a career

Bishop to Her Majesty's Prisons announced

Mozambique: Prisons Must Become 'Productive Centres'

Rights report gives hope for tamer prisons
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Inventor taking on toiletries in prisons

California prisons to allow gay family visits
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Veterans less likely to end up in prison, but those who do are more likely to be sex offenders
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Too disabled for prison
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May 21


Low-risk prisoners to be tagged

Living on death row not cheap

Inmates expected to do their level best

Court to hear sentence appeals Inmates call for review of terms

Jail paying more for inmates' medical expenses

Parchman inmates and one parolee to receive ministry degree

Prisons struggle with record numbers

A new voice for the children in TYC

Is Labour planning more prisons?

Prisons Service operating in dark ages

Prisons for punishment, not parties
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Study finds trend among imprisoned vets
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Claims of corruption at prison garage
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May 20


Fecal Politics

Former prisoner gets $1.5 million
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Corrections battles with record prisoner numbers
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Waiting hardest part for inmates, families of victims

Inmates at record of 80,658

Female Firefighters, Inmates With A Purpose
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Non-smoking inmates to have their own cells

Inmates help with literacy

TYC investigation prompts release of 226 youth inmates
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Tackle congestion in our prisons

Secular Humanists Sue Over Faith Groups' Contract with Prisons Agency
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Cramped prisons mean long wait in county jails

Judge refuses to cancel prison procedure hearing
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Prison proposal taking shape
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May 19


Original Inmate Art and Craft Exhibition and Sale
Over 130 original pieces, donated by inmates, for sale. Proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity.

Organs harvested from live prisoners

Police forced to look after over 20,000 prisoners instead of catching criminals
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LA County jail inmate beaten by deputy gets $360,000
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Inmates accuse ex-guard of sexual assault
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Balfour laments overcrowded prisons

Prisons are Still Killing People, Sillen is not a hero

Congo prisons dismal
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May 18


Tallahassee Senior Center: "Prison Art: Inspired by Love," original pencil drawings, pastels and greeting cards by inmates in Florida prison work camps

Prisoner Elbow Grease Scrubs Out Gresham Graffiti

Governor gets bill to help prisoners who get degrees behind bars

State Works on New Death Chamber to Resume Executions

Inmate files notice of appeal in jail guard lawsuit

Prison officers honored for saving inmate

Hospital cancels contract with Hinds County to treat inmates

Inmates accuse ex-guard of sexual assault
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Nigeria: FG Grants 70-Yr-Old Inmates Amnesty

Baffin inmates stressed by overcrowding: lawyer

New prisons boss cites post-audit changes - wants $80 million for expansion
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Md. prisons chief leaves after less than a year in office
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California Prisons Permitting Visitation for Domestic Partners
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Lawsuit Brings New Protection for Mentally Ill in Prisons

In our view: Reforming Prisons
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Judge gets Schwarzenegger's plan to fix prison overcrowding

Governor names Dezember to head prison health system

UN rights chief urges Congo prison reforms
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May 17


Inmates graduate from college

County jail releasing up to 145 inmates

Inmates, college students learn lessons together

Bill allowing early release of county inmates progresses

State Contracts to Put Inmates in Two Bridges

Former Inmate Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
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Death row inmate claims gender discrimination in grand jury

Temporary housing may ease inmate overcrowding

State to revise process for lethal injections
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Ronald Fraser: Kansas Prisons Outpacing Libya'S

State hopes to slow prisons' revolving door
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Province to expand prisons

Prison receiver suggests he lead reform program

Churches asked to remember prisoners

Do prisoners really have it so easy?

Put prisoners to work cleaning up highways

Updated DNA test frees N.J. prisoner
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Prisoner Urges Teen Drinkers to Think Twice

A devastating link: prisoner rape, the war on drugs in the U.S.


May 16


WA prisoners vie for international art awards

Creating Art, Trying To Forgive Himself

Newspaper: Some Inmates Wait Weeks For Release After Charges Dropped

Bastrop Officials Accused of Using Inmates for Home Projects
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In Italy, inmates design clothes along with big-name designers

Geiger population hits record
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Crowded Oakland County Jail releases 145 inmates

Past Ala. Justices Back Inmates' Claim That State Calls 'Fiction'
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Youth prisons targeted
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Calif. Prisons To Allow Same-Sex Partners Access To Prisoners
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Overcrowding impedes prison health care reforms, receiver says
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Updated DNA test frees NJ man convicted of killing two children
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Prison staff stage 'work to rule'
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Prisoners’ potty effort for charity

Peoria pulls federal prisoners


May 15


Prison inmates to help care for retired racehorses
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El Paso County Sheriff Wants To Force Mentally Ill Inmates To Take Medicine
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Many Male Inmates Willing To Undergo Rapid HIV Testing

Strip-search for traffic offense leads to lawsuit

Newspaper: Some remain jailed for weeks after charges dropped
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Ga. Supreme Court to rule on taking DNA samples from inmates

Inmates Help With Aberdeen Cleanup

Prison overcrowding dilemma looms for state
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Prisons Nearing Full Mark
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Australian Indigenous people over-represented in prisons: report
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Communion wine ban for NZ prisons to be lifted
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State's prisons outpace those of Libya
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No need for new prisons in Texas state budget
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Texas youth prison commission suspends 4 superintendents in probe of sex abuse allegations
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Prisoners 'getting fixes' in drug-free unit - Nats
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Angola: Supreme Court Chief Unhappy With Prisoner's Remand Conditions

Missouri puts prisoner information online
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Woman freed in cop killing speaks for juveniles in prison
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May 14


‘Driving lessons’ for jail inmates

Editorial: Better policies, not bigger prisons
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Incarcerated moms get special visit Holiday program buses children to prisons to spend day with parents

Too many people in state prisons

Private prison opens in Yamaguchi

Calculating inmate release dates an imprecise science
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Cherie backs 'alternatives to prison' for mothers
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Prisoners Working On Britain's Railways
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AP interviews 5 Mo. condemned prisoners
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Prisoners in the court cells that cost more than the Ritz
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Ex-prisoner frees inmates' spirits


May 13


A prisoner turned priest
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Claim Death Row inmates lack legal aid called `fiction'

Prison Overcrowding Dilemma Looms For State

Prisoners get £8,000 compensation


May 12


Call for fresh approach to tackle prisoner reoffending

Scottsboro eyes inmates to build animal shelter

Inmates to help fight wildfires

Inmates, Guard join sandbagging efforts amid flood warnings in northwest, central Missouri

A conservative Christian view on overincarceration at Texas prisons

Prisons must focus on rehabilitation
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Prisons urged to treat HIV/AIDS

More than 400 immigrants full state prisons
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May 11


Help inmates and ex-offenders so they stay straight on outside

Zavaras: Inmate growth at 'one prison a year'

DOC ready to comply with order to improve inmate health care—

Jail administrator answers allegations made by inmate

Idaho inmate requests longer sentence
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Editorial: Prison privatization has issues

Arizona Prison Chief Wary of Indiana Probe
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Teaching Prisoners: She gives inmates an out

Prisoners take part in elections

Action for Prisoners' Families: Happy about Lord Falconer's appointment
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May 10


Official: Fla. mentally ill inmates no longer languishing in jail
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Medical care to inmates

Tennessee prisons defend pizza decision
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Prisons chief apologizes for death chamber debacle
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Prisoner report is only a start says ex-inmate

Solution to prison overcrowding is to build more jails

NY allows Muslim prison guard to wear kufi to work
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Prison chief: Fla. set to resume executions
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Centre helps to rehabilitate prisoners

Is Texas criminalizing everyone?

Treating prisoners could save money, study says

S. Idaho officials use GPS technology to track prisoners
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May 9


Prison art raises more than $30,000 for families

Sheriff Brown Wants Crowded Inmates Off Floor, in Jail Beds

Changes in parole urged to help ease crowding in prison

Editorial: South Bay needs to find spot for site that serves inmates

Rhode Island Announces Launch of New Public Inmate Search Function

IRCC one of two prisons which will no longer be served by ICC teachers

Charges filed against 8 former employees at Hendry prison
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Playboy spread reignites Pa. prison debate
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Cashing in on prisoners

Waters wants AIDS test for prisoners

Blair 'put lock' on moves for jail crowding
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Prisoners make shocking allegations


May 8


Guard rescued inmates come to the aid of a corrections officer who was attacked by prisoner

Inmates prosper, learn in prison industry
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House arrest for DUI: Crime or punishment?

Bryan County Jail Trust Authority Board Reviews Medical Options For Inmates

Ministry Baptizes Six Inmates After Prison Reverses Stance

Indiana prisoner executed; prayer at vigil calls it 'dark act'

'Culture change' in works at prisons

A better village

State's youth prisons mired in hopelessness

Hearing for AB 1539 Sick and Dying Prisoners Needs a Crowd

Major Changes in Sentencing, Prisons, and Penal System Quietly and Methodically Advancing in Sacramento

Delegate miffed by the leak of prison visit
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Prisons plan 'vetoed by Blair'
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May 7


Navajo Nation struggles to house inmates
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Mentally ill inmates face a cruel system

Jail inmates to perform Tagore’s Tasher Desh

TT prisons in bad state

Don't try to make us jail fewer criminals, judges tell Falconer

Ex-TYC official accused of misconduct years ago

To some, TYC bill is no cure-all

Portfolio committee to visit West Cape prisons
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Inmate who died in jail shouldn't have been there

Inmate protests charge

Jury awards family of dead inmate $2.75 million
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May 6


Jury awards family of dead inmate $2.75 million
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Lexington inmates prosper in prison industries

A corral full of work Inmates train horses, burros before auction

Father's House provides a refuge for paroled inmates in Galt
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More beds needed for state's inmates
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US prisoners groom dogs for disabled war veterans
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Supreme Court upholds prison policies

Prison guards work long hours
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Prison Riots and Privatization

California's point man for prison health

Schwarzenegger approves program to ease prison overcrowding

Liberia: Sodomy At Central Prison


May 5


How to address congestion in prisons

Nevada's prisons 'busting at seams'
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State would expand its prisons rather than build new ones

Put money into prevention, not prisons

Editorial: Suicide in the prisons
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Ohio prisons try to hand off on medically costly inmates
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Haiti prisons on the brink of collapse
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Danberg: We need $368 million for prisons
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Prisons releasing medically costly inmates to reduce expenses

State prisons near crowding crisis

Fewer prisoners will be released
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New chaplaincy scheme to help re-offending prisoners

Hundreds of mentally ill youth prisoners can’t see psychiatrist
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Federal judge rejects state's prisoner-transfer plan
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Alabama Death Row Inmate Aaron Jones Executed
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Prison agreement isn't ideal, but it's start

Ex-corrections officer indicted in jail sex case
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Charleston facility ready to take more inmates

Okla. Prison to House Ariz. Inmates

Judge's ruling favors inmates
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Failure to compensate Crotzer is shameful

A prison plan fit for lockup

Lawmakers back bill to help inmates' transition
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May 4


State to release 2,000 fewer prisoners than planned
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Ex-inmate sues over assault by correction deputy

New Whitehorse jail is needed, inmate says

Legal Aids Council saves two prison inmates
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County to ship some inmates out of town

Sheriff delays new Sullivan jail's opening

Inmates save taxpayers a big bill

Inmates help firefighters battle South Georgia blazes
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State Prison System Nearing Capacity
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State shifts 46 inmates to alleviate crowding
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Raising the bar for inmates
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Who pays for sick inmates?
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New beds, new initiatives to help mentally ill inmates
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Correctional Service of Canada: Inmates and Officers Partner in a Continuum of Care

Court Rejects Limit on Bids by Convicts for DNA Tests
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Utah County jail will charge inmates for jail stays

College program trains inmates for fire crews

Taiwan to cut sentences of 25,000 inmates ahead of crucial polls

9,000 inmates to be freed on first day of amnesty
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Will Schwarzenegger's new death chamber actually help inmates?

Money raised by Solano inmates to go to MADD


May 3


Two wrongs; one is repaid

Subjects or Objects? Prisoners and Human Experimentation

County jail rates could cost Wichita $3 million a year
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Sedgwick Jail to Charge for Prisoners
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Augusta gets re-entry grant for former state prisoners

State says death row inmate should not get stay of execution
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Inmate firefighters help battle Georgia wildfires
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Inmate files lawsuit after being assaulted in jail

Neb. High Court Stays Electrocution
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Prison education classes to resume


May 2


Prison policies fail prisoners

American Indians complained before riot

Misplaced blame for riot
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Arizona prisoners angered by sudden transfer sparked riot
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Tenn. death row inmate appeals for stay of execution

Judge denies appeal from inmate nearing execution
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Massachusetts Prisons Department Changing Sentence Tracking System
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Prisons face threat of overcrowding as bill is delayed

Deal on California prisons made, but only under judicial threat

Private prisons perfect fit for fearful future

Corporate greed and private prisons

Pups share cell with prison inmates

Prison inmates read magazine for advice

Tories call for tougher prison sentences
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Inmate gets back his kosher diet
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Secure Healthcare Promises “a new era in prisoner and offender healthcare and reduced rates of re-offending”


May 1


State to review fees for inmate phone use

Prisoners turning rust to road-ready

Prisoners to make water tanks
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Challenges for Prisons Chief

Sex and drugs rife in UK prisons

Tackling high rates of HIV and Hepatitis C in UK prisons

California to expand its packed prisons

Prison bill is a good first step in the right direction

Prison deal not a renaissance

Expanded prison already at capacity
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Prison expansion instead of reform

Court: N.H. state prison inmate should get kosher diet
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State pays up (partially) for housing inmates

Attorneys For Death Row Inmates Get Hearing
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Inmates Take Swipe at Toilet Paper Cuts
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Records show boss rebuffed warnings of abuse by Texas youth prison supervisor
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Senior citizens to help inmates reform

Ex-officer sentenced to probation in sex-with-inmate case

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