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July 31


Pagan prisoner to sue bosses over ban on drum in her cell

Cost of prisoner upkeep soars

Inmates can earn time out under new system
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Mentors needed for children of prisoners

Help for prisoners

Inmate warns tension running high at prison

Federal judge orders state to give transgender inmate hormone therapy
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Barry County deputy's use of stun gun on inmate investigated
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Inmate can preach at ACI again
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Labour wakes up to Prisons 101

Prisons Reform’ll Continue, Says Minister

'Kafkaesque' indeterminate sentences stretch prisons
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Dog Training Program Helps Inmates

Former Inmates Sue Laurel Co. Jail for Unsanitary Living Conditions

Rates of Sexual Victimization in Prison for Inmates With and Without Mental Disorders

Canadian inmates have higher rates of HIV, hep C
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Survey's focus: prison sexual assaults

Plan to stop prison work crews could hurt trails, streams
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July 30


Prisoners to have say in their time behind bars

Prisoners maintain ties to family

Zambia: Cyberspace Casts Light On the Lives of Death Row Inmates

Cobb jail looks into all inmates' immigration status

Expanded Jail Accepts Inmates

Inmates at women's prison make backpacks for 200 local students

MCJ warden urged to implement programs for inmates’ rehabilitation

Structures built by inmates create excitement at Kansas campgrounds.

Personal Prisoner?

National highlights prison costs
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Crowded private prisons are troubling for governments

GEO Group's facilities were closed in Louisiana, Michigan

Texas' youth jail operators have troubled histories

Firm's leaders linked to problems

Nonprofit is no stranger to scrutiny

TYC Contractors Faced Closures, Multiple Lawsuits

Commissioner of Prisons to focus on reducing number of inmates

Community Protests Human Rights Violations against Transpeople in California Prisons

Longest-serving prisoner in Illinois up for parole hearing
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California prison crisis product of long-term neglect

Mexico City prison system allows first gay conjugal visit
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July 29


NNCC prisoners graduate

Prison gets first female warden

From penal farm to prison complex
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Cell crisis as 80,000 fill prisons

Prisons open to building bids

Schwarzenegger again vetoes bill expanding media access to prisons
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'Prison Town' a view from outside
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Schwarzenegger to appeal order that created prison judicial panel
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Most inmates dancing-world record set by Philippines prisoners
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Prisoners to claim millions for parole delay

Jail administrator pleads not guilty in prisoner beating

'High season' places strain on SA jails

Prison born but with complete care

Programme for inmates to quit smoking

Ex-jail guard sentenced to 4 months in sex case

Law change might ease Albuquerque jail crowding

Immigration agency moves Albuquerque jail inmates


July 28


Christ reaches out to women prisoners

Muslim-only jail could be built to protect the terrorists

Christ Church sending prisoners’ kids to camp

Female prisoners to launch clothing label
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Jailhouse rocks: Philippine inmates' Thriller routine an internet hit
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Former child prisoner empathises with boy

Scranton, Pa., 'Times-Tribune' Denied Prison Records In Inmate Birth Probe
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Court Tosses Death Penalty Due to Ineffective Defense Counsel

Former jail officer sentenced for sexual contact with inmate

Extreme isolation in prisons is never justifiable

New Mexico Regulators to Investigate Phone Rates at Prisons After Complaints

Prisons' tainted doctors

Peru's National Penitentiary Institute to Build Two New Prisons in Peru

Treating 'meth mouth' biting into prison budgets
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More details in alleged prison bash
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July 27


The Militarization of Our Police

Freed man still in limbo

Cal Supreme Court overturns inmate's death sentence
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Lawmakers want to fight 'meth mouth'
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Advocates Want Better Healthcare in Prisons

New system aims to cut abuses and costs of prison health care

Sentencing Policies To Add Hundreds Of State Prisoners
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Photographer makes best of inmates' worst days

Toronto court officers who used prisoner as a mop avoid jail time
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Prisoner found guilty of masturbating in his cell
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July 26


Bringing the light to the darkest of places, across 50 states

Prisoners 'not ready to re-enter society'

Don't be 'insensitive' in granting bail: High Court
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Plan to train prisoners

Prisoners Demand Vote In Constitutional Referendum

CCC graduates first group of dogs trained by inmates

Tortured prisoner awarded damages by Chinese court

Florida Puts Info About Unsolved Cases on Inmate's Playing Cards
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Facing Illegal Immigrant Crackdown, Farms Look to Inmate Labor

Ark. Journalists Demand Open Executions
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Inmates hope to use degrees to succeed after prison
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Federal Prisons to Get Environmental Checks

Editorial: Last chance to regain control of state's prisons

Philippine leader orders immediate release of children in prisons
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Should prisons be punitive?

Lenihan urged to heed call for reduced prison numbers

The prison crisis continues


July 25


Inmate files suit against county

$471m spent on prisons without knowing full cost

Amnesty International urges decongestion of Nigerian prisons

Analysis of Federal Court Decisions on Overcrowding of California's Prisons and Medical Care

Ala.: Critics Dispute Prison Farm Report
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Program offers training, income for inmates

Inmates offered tools for change

Too many inmates
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Treating prisoners worse than animals

Florida detectives try to crack cold cases by dealing cards to prisoners
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Judges: Calif. Prison Reforms Would Fail
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Rulings may bring releases of prisoners across the state

Young offenders: Sentencers reject extended surveillance programme

YJB to open unit for young prisoners with special needs


July 24


The Causes of Wrongful Conviction

Kerala mulls changes in Prisons Act and Rules

Welcome to Susanville, Home to Prisons

The (male) elephant in Australian prisons

Ottawa to put defibrillators in federal prisons

With humor, tough talking Bill Cosby salutes prison graduates
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U.S. prison unlikely to be a 'Cupcake' walk for Black

Govt Urged to Meet Prisoners' Logical Demands

Our View: Sentencing plan a good start

Governor's plan to send more prisoners to county jails wrongheaded, Cox says
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Inmates working to renovate old hospital into assisted-living facility

Prison Inmates Segregated According To Categories, Says Abdullah

Inmates make a play for redemption
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Local inmates use yoga to look inward before getting out

Judges order panel to examine California prison overcrowding
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July 23


Inmate relates ordeal of birth

Tory challenge over jails future
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Bringing Art Behind Bars

Inmates outline state on governor's office table

Inmates' mental health adds to jail load

Private prison facilities running out of room

California prisoners replacing Hawaii inmates in Mississippi

Raped, beaten, transgender inmate sues Calif. prison system


July 22


Jailhouse Program Gives Inmates A Second Chance

Indecent inmates prompt new law

Rehab programmes tested in Russian prisons

'Dirty bomber' attacked in prison


July 21


‘Horrific Assault’ scars Muslim prisoner ‘for life’

Prison staff may strike over safety
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Inmates talk about conditions at Fayette Co. jail

Hundreds of inmates hoping to shorten stay get bad news
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Prison Inmates Perform "Thriller"

Program could give inmates choice of service time or jail time

Transgender inmate sues state over Calif. prison policy
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Policewoman spends life helping juveniles and female prisoners

Editorial: Conditions deplorable at prison for women

Giving prisons the attention they deserve

Prisons Market Day to Commence Next Week

Head Of State Prisons Spared Jail Time
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Victim of justice

Take a rare look inside California's youth prisons

Nigeria: Care For Prisoners


July 20


New jail might reach capacity within 2 years

Lawsuit expands to all inmates

Inmates lend a hand

D.C. graffiti scheme to use former inmates
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Costs to feed inmates at FC prison are low

Chen urges tolerance for inmates released in amnesty

Pope asks Perdue to spare inmate's life

Coroner tells Straw to act now on restraint in child prisons
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State: Prisoners won’t get conjugal rights

Corporate killing law to include police and prisons as Government admits defeat
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Community plan eases prison pressure


July 19


Government urged to ratify UN protocol against prison torture

Report critical of women's prison
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DA challenges release of inmates from Fayette Co. jail
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Prisoners craft governor's conference table
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Nats complain about charter flights to move prisoners
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Release denied for death row inmate with cancer
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Inmate’s care disputed
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UN drugs office holds sensitization w/shops for Mauritius prisons

HMO care to replace contract docs in Michigan prisons
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Prisons need better system to prevent inmate suicides

Editorial: Blundering toward parole reform

Opinion | California Gov. Schwarzenegger Should Sign Bill Allowing Condom Distribution in Prisons To Prevent Spread of HIV, Editorial Says

Sri Lanka prisons 400% overcrowded

Yoga: Part of correction in Kenyan Prisons

State's prisons will benefit from new law
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PM defends prisoner early release
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July 18


Inmates help clean up Roane County

Freed inmates hopeful yet fearful of challenges ahead

Eritrea: 265 Civil Law Prisoners Graduate

Collier deputy fired for having sex with inmate

Alabama death row inmate loses appeal
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Death row inmate’s execution delayed
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AJC Protests Prisons Bureau Library Policy
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Arnold's stewardship grows ever-more maddening

Smoke-free inmates would save state taxpayers $58M

Stopgap for prisons

Shame On Prison Officials


July 17


Doing Time on the Outside: Falling in Love with a Prisoner-for-Life

N.Y. aims to open new doors for inmates as they exit prison

Federal inmates may return to Cape County jail

Inmates join in search for missing woman

Columbiana weighs issue of job training center for prisoners

Exhibition takes no prisoners


July 16


Trash turned to treasures: Inmates create jewelry by using discarded items

Students tour jail, inmates urge them to avoid their mistakes

Former Volusia inmates sue jail health provider

State makes room for 1,300 returning inmates

Jailed addicts to get safer syringes to inject heroin - paid for by the taxpayer

Fresh testimony could set inmate free

Inmate's sister insists time shouldn't run out on the truth
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SD Death Row Inmate's Appeals Held Up In Two Courts
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California prison workers piling up OT
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Celebrities pound the prison yard with coaching from inmates

Revival plan for Ashoka tree in prison backyard

Prison classes dropped


July 15


Programs help inmates sort out their problems

Inmates' art income 'safeguarded'

First 60 prisoners bused to Louisiana

Editorial: Change course

Prisoners miss drug rehab

Group question care of inmate who died in prison
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Inmate work crews save county $1 million a year

Inmate crew may have been ill-equipped
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Inmate crews save taxpayer dollars


July 14


Alternatives sought for inmates

Campaign grows to halt execution of U.S. inmate
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Heather Roy's Diary: Cost Of Juggling Prisoners

Project to help ex-prisoners re-enter society

Passing the inmate

Colorado Farmers Turn to Prisoners to Do Work of Illegal Immigrants

Parole violators not sent to prison
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Prisons focus on failed drug program
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Union concerned about knives in youth prisons
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New Mexico, its lawmakers seek solutions as prisons strain and swell

Coming Sunday — Oregon's shameful record of prison suicides

Opinion: Prisons are not to blame for inmate suicides

Fighting prisoner abuse
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Imprisoned in Low Wages


July 13


Former prisoner sues hospital over taser incident
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Self-emasculating inmate sues for female hormone treatments
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More than 550 inmates sue SC prison system for overcrowding, safety issues
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Inmates' relocations to cost about $4 million
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To Fight Overcrowding, Baca Wants Inmates At Home

Crowded prisons not just Oklahoma issue

Perata Sends Schwarzenegger Strongly Worded Message on Prisons as Committee Approves New Corrections Head

Idaho says Val Verde County prisons are dangerous

Suicide link to prison overcrowding
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July 12


I’m stunned by the freedom of prison artists

'Odd is good'

We cannot just build our way out of prison crowding, says Straw

Prison inmates to make rainwater tanks

Corrections to sell land, bring back inmates to cut deficit
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Bringing the Hula To Off-Island Inmates

Prison funding flap seems to be resolved
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Receiver: Three inmates have died in out-of-state prisons
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More inmates, beds at local prisons
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Handshakes still OK in Ohio prisons

Group sets course to act on prisoners, poverty, education
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State to pick up 35 prisoners from crowded Forrest Co. jail
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Lingle Says There Is No Room To Return Mainland Prisoners

Prison firms give cash to GOP pols to spur Idaho privatization
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Idahoans bound for private Texas prison
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No. 2 chief: Prisoners key to fire control

Prisoners in police cells cost taxpayers - ACT


July 11


Former inmate sues over medical treatment
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More Idaho inmates bound for private Texas prison
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No More Work Release For Otsego Inmates

Prisons and jails are the wrong places to treat mental illness
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Full is full: Dutch prisons bursting at the seams
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NAACP can find toughest challenge inside prisons

Family of slain Chino prison guard settle suit for $1.2 million
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Officer fired for inappropriate relationship with inmate
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DNA Evidence Clears Former Inmate of Rape and Murder Charges After 22-Year Sentence
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Packed prison riles female inmates

Inmates Learning How To Be Peacemakers
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Audit on inmates ordered


July 10


Learning to help the vulnerable

Best idea is to keep prisoners from going back

Follow Texas' lead in reforming state prisons

Prisons to 'allow gay marriages'

Overcrowding at Valley Women's Prisons Could Cause Collapse of Health Care System

The true price of private prisons

HIV-positive convicts: Prisoners of prejudice
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Prison unit unlivable

Program seeks to reduce recidivism for serious felons
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N.H. women prisoners decry overcrowding
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July 9


Beijing opens first counseling clinic for prisoners

Helping prisoners cope with stress

The prisoner using taxpayers' money to sue for a sex change

No filing, no standing for inmate to be executed in Page's place

Are mentally ill inmates getting the right meds?
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Idaho aims to send more inmates out of state, despite problems
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Region's group of inmates on death row may grow to 20
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License plates aren't only item inmates produce

A step up for inmates
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French president says no mass Bastille Day pardons under his regime
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San Quentin presents new medical facilities

No More Room

Man freed from prison by DNA test awaits fate
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Warning over NI prison sentences


July 8


South Dakota to execute first prisoner under new protocols
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Rock stars urge prisoners to escape through music

Virginia governor issues 'absolute pardon' proclaiming innocence of former death row inmate
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Committee learns of large medical bill for county inmate

Names of inmate visitors are confidential for now
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Corrections Web site features inmate profiles
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Inmates need more mental health support: psychologist

Rabbis visit prisons as a testament to faith

Suicide Exposes Squalor in Texas Prison
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A much-different take on the state prison crisis

Prison drug rehab row


July 6


Fired jailer says he was falsely accused of telling female inmates to kiss

Are inmates butting out?; 58% took free help, but sales down 2.5%

£200,000 cost of jails being full
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Urgent call for female-only prison
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A mother fights on over prison care

Nurses at San Diego prison petition against management
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July 5


Public 'should decide spending on prisons'

New jailers work without training

L.A. County nears $1-million settlement with slain inmate's family

Female Inmate Faces Charges After Allegedly Having Sex With Arizona Jail Officers
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Inmates File Lightning Lawsuit
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County OKs funds to house more inmates

Inmates turned farmers, all in a day's work

Class offers inmates options

Inmates to get training for returning to work force

New Fiasco In Prisons Crisis

Gov. Gregoire: One Tough Clemency Judge

Prisoners' action over conditions
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Cost of feeding a prisoner is only €5 per day


July 4


Court rules death row inmate's competence must be reconsidered
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Death row inmate seeks medical parole
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New prison rules won't mean immediate release of inmates

Spud growers resort to hiring inmates

Ala. inmates To Get Skills Training
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County jail inmates to get steady diet of patriotic songs for July 4th

Board approves financing inmates' medical services

NYC prison inmates forced to don diapers
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Two Kansas representatives call for more funding for federal prisons

Prison menus to cost over €6m a year
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Woman sues prison for 86-minute execution
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July 3


Prisoner Phones

Now Prisoners Get To Watch TV To Save Distress

The bards of Bar-L

Vic may keep high-risk prisoners in jail
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Reports calls for release of worst criminals
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Special - Prisoners Product Fair until July 7th at Saphan Hin

Harrison Co. Settles Suit Over Inmate's Death
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Ex-judge denied visit to inmate

Overcrowding in Georgian Prisons: Looming Public Health Crisis

Locked up, looking for work: Prison job fairs good for inmates, better for society, officials say

Inmates have a chance to get GED, take additional classes

Ghana: Female Prisoners With Their Children in Prison - The Human Rights Dimension


July 2


A Much-Needed Second Chance

Prisons director: Inmates who break rules give up meals

Coyote Ridge inmates taking parenting class

No privatization, for now, of ACI inmates’ chores political scene

Security chief concern as state plans prison phone system
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Prison Cap Hearing Was Like Being in the America I Thought Was Gone

Teen joins Fathers prison protest
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Rehabilitation programs can cut prisons cost, report says

Cellphone use behind bars causes fear of inmate criminal activity

N.Y. inmate numbers hold steady


July 1


Minnesota Supreme Court / Court shields inmates from extra time for not confessing

NC court says urine results not enough for marijuana possession
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California's Oldest Inmate, 95, May Be Freed After More Than 25 Years in Prison
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AP Enterprise: Psych meds use seen high in Vt. prisons
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Accused killer called fit to share jail cell
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Release of teen offenders from youth prisons slow
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Rehab in prison can cut costs, report says
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Judge nixes suit over prison med contract

Inmates go free to ease jail crisis

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