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August 31


Civilian prisons coming soon to U.S. Army base near you

Prison officers: our finest public servants

Fresh talks in prison pay dispute
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Prison officers ‘trapped’ with inmates

Former prisoner abused by guard at B.C. jail wins damages
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Wisc. Trans Inmate Case Narrowed

Who pays the medical bills after inmate gets furlough?

Court gives vote back to some inmates
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State working to protect inmates
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Prisons to release inmates closer to home
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August 30


Prison system struggles without expansion plans; Prisoners sleeping on floor of worn facility

Prisoners win right to vote
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Doherty disappoints prisoners
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Inmate Charged for False Report

State battles prison rape, attitudes

Myrick, Pendergraph call for immigration status check for inmates

DOC Proposes Release Of 3,000 Inmates To Cut Costs

Lane County considers fees for jail inmates

State to change policy on prisoners' release

Pa. considers sentencing changes in effort to turn around inmates

We should treat our prisons like call centres

S.C. prisons director announces e-mail victim notification system

Marijuana Growing in Japan Prisons

David Cameron: More prisons, bobbies back on the beat and less tolerance to offenders is needed

Jordanian prison head dismissed
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Prison stripes out for worst offenders

Strike causes prison chaos
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August 29


3,000 prisoners statewide may be set free early

David Cameron launches Tory crime strategy

Young female prisoners at higher risk of death

Prisoner complaint numbers fall

Former transgender inmate sues to protect prisoners from abuse

Ala. Corrections Department brings 134 inmates back from LA

Uttar Pradesh jails top NCRB list of educated inmates

20 percent of TYC inmates rearrested after release

Can Diet Help Stop Depression and Violence?

Record numbers crowded into Scots prisons

Norway's minimum security Bastoey Prison goes ecological

First Art of Living Prison Program Offered in Canada


August 28


'Educate prisoners, cut crime'

Jail inmates make money for county, save money for state

Inmate Sexual Abuse: Hypocrisy houses

Prison staff, inmates donate school supplies

Philadelphia prisons holding record number of inmates

Inmates File Lawsuit Over Dog Bites

Community members gather at an old time ice cream social to demand ‘No more prisons!'

Call for better drug programmes in jails

Investigation into SC Prisons Turned Over to SLED, LAC

The prisons should be where the inmates are reformed and rehabilitated

Hearing to address racial disparities in state prisons

More prisons are not the answer to punishing criminals, says poll

Federal prison job fair draws hopefuls to Berlin project


August 27


Prisons Should Not Be The Last Avenue Of Protection For State's Mentally Ill

Using Muscle to Improve Health Care for Prisoners

Crime suspects swap cells for city flats to ease prison crowding

Cut in cell checks 'will endanger prison staff'

Jailhouse woes: Sheriff says many factors contribute to increasing inmate population

Inmate medical costs still rising

State inmates fill area county jails

Inmates to clean up Kelso: City hires work crews at 'bargain' price

Inmates represent burden on taxpayers

Connecticut releasing increasing numbers of inmates on parole


August 26


Another Congress forgets prisoners, reform

Program studies why prisoners repeat the past

Halal meat for prisoners

Prisoners' accommodation must fit offences

Inmate road crews ended after fatality

Pardoned inmate is fine with this wait

Inmate transfers likely to halt

Group threatens suit over Vt. prisons' religion policy

Teen jailed for TB denied having disease, officials say

Jail stops listing inmates because of assaults in jail

Mayor against plan to build prisons

Exclusive: Report criticizes management of S.C. prisons

Guyana prisons not bursting at their seams, says minister

Prisons’ GED efforts paying off
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Ala. Hopes to Keep Wallace Gunman Jailed
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Bremer got no mental health help
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August 25


Prison system touts inmate GED success rate

Find ways to uplift children of prisoners: HC to Chief Secy

Teen prisoners taught there are no quick fixes

Operate prisons in recognition that inmates feel remorse and can change

Malawi to build four more prisons

Legislature amends bill to test state inmates for HIV

Prison Reform Trust attacks indeterminate sentences

Activities for inmates 'woeful'

Morale 'crisis' in UK's prisons
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Super prison planned for Perth

'Super-prison' plan is confirmed
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Legionella discovered at prison


August 24


California Men's Colony honors prisoners educational success behind bars

Prisoner’s Rights Takes On Gay Hue

Deputy court clerk fired for relationship with prisoner

New Rules Could Shorten Death-Row Inmates' Appeal Time

Elk City, Oklahoma, Officials Found Guilty of Endangering Inmates

Corrections officer charged with having inmates beat up prisoner

Increase in inmates opens door to private prisons

The road to redemption: Does the rehabilitation of prisoners work?

Arizona Inmate Sent Letter Warning of Trouble at New Castle

O'Connor and prisons CEO get signals jammed

UN calls for structural changes in prisons to combat HIV

Florida suspends prisons' special meals for Jews, Muslims

Scottish Executive scraps private prison plan


August 23


Laptops for county jail inmates make sense

Japan Executes 3 Inmates

Pink Jumpsuits Has Mason County Inmates Seeing Red

Video setup to link Broward inmates, visitors

Japanese Lawyers Criticize Execution of Three Peopl

Malaysian lawyer blasts judges for delaying death row inmates' appeals

Zimbabwe: Court Concerned Over Inmates' Plight

Ex-inmate shares story, hope

Art behind bars: Former inmate's legacy hangs in the air

State Board of Community Colleges fed prison education information

Dmatek wins 2-yr contract to supply monitoring technology to Russian prisons

Juvenile prison reform bill reaches governor's desk

Rape stats for prisons sound alarm

2 New York prisoners sue to get their banned religious books back

The pitfalls of releasing prisoners

Going Off to Summer Camp Behind the Fence of a Prison

With Fewer Migrant Workers, Farmers Turn to Prison Labor


August 22


More than 1,000 illegal immigrants in Ore. state prisons

Prison cellphone blocking confirmed
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Prison bids to reopen closed wing

Prisoners to venture into rice planting

Prisoners face letters ban

Conservatives tighten screws on prisoners' rights
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The great art escape

Audit reveals prisoner chained to bed

Prisoner's phone case overturned
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Juvenile Inmates Transferred From Local TYC Facility

Dallas inmates to be arraigned via video

Lack of assessment may lead to inmates' release
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Inmates Helping With Flood Cleanup

S.C. prisons director defends putting inmates in pink
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August 21


Private Prisons: License to Ill

Racism, Justice and Age-of-Consent Laws in America

Prison rape survey stuns Ohio's prisons director

Inspector criticises holding of prisoners in stark court cells

Ministers blamed as dangerous prisoners freed

Prisoners Eager to Work – but not in chains

Legislator wants tally of prisoners with mental illness

Early-release prisoner 'given IOU for benefits'

Cash for innocent Indian prisoner

When Is A Prisoner Indigent?

Prison Service warned to stop using court cells overnight

Inmates benefit from productive activities


August 20


A Prisoner With a Paintbrush, a Legacy at Risk

APA Rules on Interrogation Abuse

Parole board to take closer look at records of inmates

Prisons Created by Ugly Voting Machine -- Abuse Supported by Legislators

Prisons face strike vote

Overcrowding declines at Vermont prisons
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eBay fraudster hits out at prison system

Violence fears over jail move to ban smoking

N.J. agencies ready prisoners for release

Prisoners grow organic food

Framed by Mobster | Wives of two jailed for 30 years never lost faith

Murals lend drama to a California prison

Inmates' input can be valuable


August 19


2 corrections officers charged with having sex with 1 inmate

With his life ahead of him, a young inmate changes ways

Williams Family Attorney And District Attorney Weigh-In On Inmate Abuse Trial

Alabama Correctional Industries To Be Scaled Back

Under Bush, the United States holds a record number of citizens

Prisoners to make furniture for a destitute family

Prisoners sent to Mississippi

Gov't to Introduce Electronic Monitoring of Inmates

Some inmates help fight fires outside of prison walls


August 18


San Diego Hospitals Sue County Over Prisoners' Medical Bills

Omodei shocked by number of prisoners using drugs

Fed prison-crowding suits opposed by D.A., sheriff
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Involuntary prisoner transfers begin

Chris Momendeng

Female inmates build new careers

Nigeria: Tens of Thousands Languishing in Prison Awaiting Trial

Corrections Officers Charged With Having Sex With Inmate

Teel found guilty in Harrison County inmate abuse case

Prisons move to block calls

State prisons to quit farming

Prisons chief hopes to keep probationers out of prison

Ark. Prisons Defend Commissions Charged On Inmate Phone Calls

Sexual violence on the rise in US prisons

Oklahoma prisons try to rehabilitate with faith-based programs


August 17


Wives struggled after FBI framed spouses

Ark. prisons defend commissions charged on inmate phone calls
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Death Penalty: Slow AG down

Sheriff's group warns against releasing inmates

State inmates win ruling to secure free document copying costs

Defense rests in Harrison County inmate abuse case

Inmate early release settlement unlikely, lawyers say

Inmate sues for having his marriage halted

Inmates do time in crowded prisons

Correctional Authorities Reported More Than 6,000 Allegations of Sexual Violence in Prisons and Jails During 2006

Drugs, weapons, sex available in WA prisons

SC stays AP plan to free 1,500 prisoners

Freed inmate rush feared

Finnish prisoners suffer from more illnesses than 20 years ago

Prison officers vote to strike over pay

20 – 15 and 12 Years In Prison - Every Choice Has A Consequence


August 16


Jury finds Milwaukee deputy guilty in '04 inmate sex case
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Arizona inmate transfers still on hold

Jailer could get 1 year in beating of inmate

Teel: 'I was in fear of my life'
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Gaston Testifies He Was Never Told Of Inmate Abuse
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Prisons should focus on reform

DA files federal lawsuit to prevent early prisoner releases
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Prisoners serve their time at conservation park

Prisoners bought freedom, court hears

Prisoners in Quebec jails to pay for nicotine patches under smoking ban
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State fire marshal orders Polk jail closed
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Law Students Win Free-Speech Suit for Federal Prisoner

Ex-prisoner Aitken calls for action on failing penal system

US moves to speed up executions
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August 15


Senators Question Execution Speedup
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NSW jail inmates trained on the inside
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Inmates lend a beautifying hand

Teel admits "inappropriately" assaulting an inmate
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Local "jailed" artists given cash, sent to prisons

Oklahoma's overcrowded prisons

Literacy programme launched for women inmates of Special Prison

Inmates learn to do time in crowded state prisons
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Assembly members file motion in prisons cases

Prisons facing fresh overcrowding crisis
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Prison praised for improvements
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Majority of prison officers say they feel unsafe at work
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August 14


Visiting a prisoner mercilessly difficult

Death Row Inmate Get New Life Term

Clackamas County to reopen jail beds

Plan calls for inmate visits to go virtual

Costly inmate health

Defense Begins Testimony In Federal Inmate Abuse Trial
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Constant influx of inmates keep Lexington prison guards busy
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Hula Halau Travels to Entertain Hawaiian Inmates on the Mainland

Program Changes Lives Of Inmates

Inmates cultivate Maori garden interests

Reduction of inmates continues

Gonzales could get say in states' executions

Aging inmate population strains prisons budget

Brown: Prevention, not prisons, best serves public safety
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Prisons running out of options
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Prisons Service rejects 200

Art smuggled out of prison paints the silence of Myanmar

Things to do in prison

Prison pushes inmate education


August 13


His bags of books help prisoners learn a better way

Increase of older prisoners among topics at American Correctional Association convention in Kansas City

Inmate crews save governments bucks

Prepare inmates for life after incarceration

Inmates’ medical care can be costly
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Lawsuit over Camco jail conditions allowed to proceed

Tethers for low-income inmates considered to ease jail crowding
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Inmates running in place

Reading program allows incarcerated fathers to read with their children

Crowded Prisons, Escalating Costs Put Oklahoma's Corrections System In Crisis
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10,000 youth turn out for Prisons jobs in east

Ex-Insider Shares Rest of Faith-Based Prison Story

Prison industry jobs offer experience

Don't dump state's prison problem onto counties


August 12


Bully District Attorneys Gone Wild

Feds will look into mystery illness at Val Verde jail

Yadkin told to shut jail, free inmates from heat
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Two female inmates getting high school diplomas

Thrilled, inmates attempt another YouTube favorite
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More than 20% of inmates are in protective custody

HIV one of toughest hurdles for African prisons

Family to sue Crown over prison van death


August 11


Too Many in Jail

In our view: Oklahoma's rule filling prisons

Considering character
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Councils asked to suggest prison sites
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California prison officials propose access rules to help media
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Judges set release of Polk prisoners due to jail crowding
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Controversy over Prisoners Justice Day

Suhakam condemns beating of prisoner by warders
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Settlement reached in lawsuit over inmate's death
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Jailhouse rock is a monster hit on YouTube
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Ex-prison worker charged with having sex with inmate
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Inmates will keep Butler beds
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Plan To Release Inmates Not Popular With Some
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Judge rejects execution protocol
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Prison inmates helping fight fire
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August 10


Prisoners pen poems for literary work

1,500 prisoners likely to be released

Local church reaches out to children of inmates

Council of State to Reconsider Execution Protocol

Outgoing Sierra Leone leader pardons inmates

Changes needed at overcrowded prisons

Can prisons keep the faith?

Cells of Secrecy

Remaking Prisons

A Prison Profit Parable

Prison 'a matter of deep shame'
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August 9


Death row inmate dies of cancer but lawyer wants to continue appeal

Court Declines to Rehear Appeal on Missouri Capital Punishment
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Mother of Idaho inmate who killed himself in Texas files claim
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Shipping inmates to Ky. not legal

Inmates Turn to Books for Rehabilitation

Liberia: Agriculture Training for Inmates

Correction chief wants inmates to help communities

Abolish all prisons, says Oaten

Prisons break

Crime vs. punishment

Three judges and a crowded prison

Marshal Charged With Beating Prisoner, Coverup
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Nats want answers to soaring prisoner numbers


August 8


Dancing prisoners, bonuses mark Cebu's 438th birthday

Hawaii Prisoners Unwind with Yoga
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Uganda: Prisoners Get Computers

Prisoner aid group calls out for helpers

Former youth prison guard accused of sex with inmate
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Inmates Have Political Pull in Some New York Counties

Infected inmates pose wider health risk: studies

Many States Look for Ways to Avoid Private Prisons
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Rehabilitate our prisons
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August 7


Victorian prisoners suffer alcohol abuse: research

Kenya: Slow Wheels of Justice Takes Toll On Prisoners

2 jailers fired over assault allegations in Orange County

Texas Prison for Idaho Inmates is "Pleasant Surprise"
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Inmate well-being at Erie County Holding Center comes under scrutiny

Corrections Corporation of America Announces 2007 Second Quarter Financial Results

Ex-TYC Worker Claims Administrators Had Sex with Inmates

Prisons break


August 6


Down and out in Wilmington

Every neighborhood is invested in whether ex-inmates go straight

Vegetable garden inspires inmates to give and grow

TB screening in prisons and drug rehab centers lagging says expert

Supermax prisons a sign of U.S. deterioration

Undertrials crowd state prisons
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Facing the truth on the impact of amnesties

Many prisons running short of full-time doctors

Cuts threaten prison security and drug tests
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Indian jails work on social rehabilitation

Study: Most Prisoners Have Addiction Problems

Health care for prisoners is a mirage
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Feds knew about TYC abuse cases
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Jury selection to begin inmate abuse case
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City officials say inmate labor is worth $270,000 to Beaufort

At Least Prison Solves the Problem of Finding a Place to Live


August 5


Is the prison pendulum reaching its extreme?

Kids' camp and inmates don't mix

Anger over plans to film inside women’s prison


August 4


WA orders review of women inmates' assault allegations
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Jail to limit parolees

Jail may soon be ready to house federal inmates

Limit recidivism by increasing isles' prison capacity

State can leave inmates on mainland, attorney general says
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Somalia: Country Denies Corruption in Freeing Inmates

The future of prisons
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States export prisoners for profit

Giving a life to prisoners’ children

Vindicated ex-prisoner to return home
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In 2007, this still happens
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Transgender Inmate Loses Lawsuit
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August 3


Tags Mean Fewer Recidivists
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1940s killer denied parole
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Federal Judge In Idaho Orders Treatment For Trans Inmat

Lindenhurst joins list of inmates' cleanup sites

New law doesn't mandate Hawaii prisoners' return
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Learning behind the walls
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Female Inmates Show High Rate of HIV

Feature: The 'dancing inmates' of Cebu
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Inmates could get cellmates
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Turning inmates into civil servants

New prisons for London and Liverpool
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Lack of Employees, Not Space, Is Overcrowding State Prisons

Tory jail policy shows the way ahead


August 2


Bill to keep babies with inmate mums wins backing
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Another Former Jailer Admits Abusing Inmates
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Inmates left in limbo by failures in new sentences - judges

County seeks OK to house more inmates
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Morgan set to get federal inmates

Debate heats up over inmates

Structures built by inmates create excitement at campgrounds

Inmates to clean Long Island village's roads, parks, buildings
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More than 100 inmates complete GED, voc tech programs

Women and children in Cambodian prisons receive much needed donations

Addicted to prisons

Goodies Music supports prisons
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US judges reject appeal of federal supervision of California prisons
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This is your prison scandal, Prime Minister

Bull goes to prison for owner's crime
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Arizona Prisoners in Indiana

Shawn Brant’s Bail Review on Prisoner Justice Day – Message from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

Illinois' Longest Serving Prisoner Up For Parole


August 1


States Export Their Inmates as Prisons Fill
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Mental health held prisoner

23 hours solitary for bad inmates

Two guards sacked after prisoner row

Inmates say they are finding peace

Police humanitarian services panel to the rescue of inmates in trouble

Connecticut Prisons Release 1,000 Prisoners Every Month

Stick And Carrot In Prisons Applauded

Inmates, officials can't wait to break free of old Fayette County Jail

Prisons Struggling with Overcrowding

Prisons: violence on the rise

Court ruling a blow to indeterminate sentences
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Congo-Brazzaville: Prison System Criticised for Ill-Treatment
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