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October 31


Prisons prepare to ban tobacco

Nevada prisons remain overcrowded despite parole speed-up

Monroe prison gets 'green' certification

Judge says Alex Kelly can be released from prison on time
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Former Australian prisoner to buy his cell
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Faulty model

DepEd offers alternative learning program to Iloilo inmates

County wants to change the way it houses mentally ill inmates
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Crime legislation flawed

Are prisons ready for extra inmates?

Westmoreland inmate sues MCI, Postal Service for better rates


October 30


Exhibit features art from inmates at Hutchinson prison

Parole official: Problems ahead

The general overcrowding in prisons country wide reportedly

South Africa: Embrace Ex-Prisoners - Deputy Minister

Officials Worry About Prison Expansion

Boom Times for Private Prisons

Prison numbers cut
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Supreme Court hears federal prison Koran seizure, futures cases
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Jail leads way in Michigan for e-mail to inmates

Dance fever sweeps jail in Makati

Prisoners 'paid for crime info'


October 29


Expert: Prisoner re-entry should be a group effort

Retiring parole official warns of jammed prisons, violent inmates

Inmates build Christmas displays

City wants county to pay more for housing female inmates

County pays $1.5 million to aid homeless inmates
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October 28


Judge rules for life prisoners challenging parole policies

Executed prisoner's lawyer says Texas attorney general's office pressed for execution
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Minister urged to visit prison

Thief not jailed due to full prisons
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Retiring official says prisons are getting worse
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A Prison Hosts Germany's Library of the Year

Prison counselor uses grit and hope to reach inmates

Genarlow Wilson Freed
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Genarlow Wilson is free ... but others are not

TEAM seeking help for suspended students and mentally ill inmates

Inmates claim unclean conditions spurred staph infections
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Jail conditions spur federal judge to cut inmate's sentence
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October 27


Corrections investigating inmate searches

Prisoner Wins Right to Continue Preaching
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Man, cleared by DNA in 2005, freed again after 13 years
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Tanzania: Expand Learning in Jails

Ruling Favors Mich. Inmates Serving Life
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Vipassana camps for jail inmates

Muslim inmates offered ham
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Pendleton inmates devote weekend to Christian thinking


October 26


Prison system needs cash infusion to combat violence and despair: ombudsman
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Prisons fail to cope with mental health needs of inmates

Prison guards disciplined for part in gay wedding ceremony for inmates
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Judge releases 15 pretrial inmates

Battling blazes for early parole: California's inmate firefighters


October 25


Prisoners Choose to Save Prison From Fire Rather Than Escape

Court Reinstates Lawsuit Brought by Inmate Over Medical Care
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Law Lords rule on prisoner rights
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New round of early prisoner releases pending

Prisons and parole
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Prison gets a taste of Levi’s sauce success

Sheriff Identifies Inmates No Longer Eligible For Social Security Benefits

Old jail has no contractor for future use

New jail facility will not house outside inmates yet

New Ulster Jail gets state OK to board out-of-county inmates
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Inmates spruce up Angels field Football


October 24


Too young to die in prison

Prisoners have designs on a new greener life

We need more honor in the prisons

Kenya: Church Team Prepares Thousands of Prisoners for Exams

Corrections Corporation of America Announces Date for Third Quarter 2007 Earnings Release and Conference Call

State's payments to privately run prisons rise; cap for county jails unchanged

Panel to urge training inmates for skilled labour

Prison Crisis: Will California Spend More on Jails Than Universities?

Language vague on how Proposition 4 funds to be spent

Prisoner returns home with sobering message

Advocate skeptical of prison review findings

Canadian natives still face prison discrimination

SJR 8212 Would Legalize Private Hiring of Inmates


October 23


New Leash on Life partners inmates with canines for the good of all parties involved

Inmates saved prison

New Hardin jail complete but inmates are needed

California Prison Inmates to Help Fight Fires

Texas Inmates to Get Cases Reviewed
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Panel to urge training inmates for skilled labour

Inmate Challenging Prison Policy on Access to Books

Prison Abolition in Canada

Ethiopia: Ray of Hope for Prisoners

Prisons system faces review

South Africa: Lengthy Sentences Create Overcrowding Nightmare for Balfour


October 22


Five-star price of keeping criminals locked up
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New penalities may add to prison woes

Neighbor’s Hidden Criminal Past Stuns a Tennessee City
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Figures reveal 1,300 prison officers guilty of misconduct over six years
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Inmates, families war on drugs

ACI inmate protests new restrictions on publications
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Prison panel would curb early release after two-thirds time served: sources
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Condoms for inmates sparking controversy
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Jail now offering college course

Jail budgets feeling inmates' pain

Families keep links to inmates

County will no longer house Dane County inmates
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700 prisoners to be freed

Prison officers review child inmate batons ban
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October 21


Prisoners' Debt: An Underappreciated Problem

A Song From Prison - Germann Releases A CD

Back behind bars

Political Insider: Sheriff's Office doing a little tabloid treatment

Inmates, volunteers clean up after Wilton litterbugs

Ex-inmates get a fresh start

Overheated inmates no fans of stockade

Inmates Help Build House

Leash on Life bonds dogs, inmates

Parole setting free long-term inmates

Healthier menus for Scots prisons

Review of child inmate batons ban

Inmate numbers outstrip capacity

Prison Playing Cards Lead to Tip, Arrest
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Battle brews over Florida's idle inmates


October 20


DNA test leads to new trial for Texas inmate after 21 years
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Officer: Poor fill our prisons

Study Hints at Efficacy of Florida's Faith-Based Prisons

UK lawyers secure reprieve for American death row prisoner
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Too young to drive, but old enough for life in prison
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Re-entry hub for inmates raises foes

Black Labor, white Profit

Study: Rome prisoner grievances up

Tedra Cobb: don't count state prison inmates in census

Put inmates to work for their benefit — and ours

All Female Ala. Inmates Back From Louisiana
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Inmates Craft Quilts For Lost Troops

Jail official admits initial prisoner release was botched

Italian prisoners to make eco-friendly ice cream

The 2008 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is now available

Police cells in use as jails fill up again
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Gifts distributed among prisoners

Former inmate loses case against Jefferson County
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Oldest Minn. inmate now free woman

Suspensions follow death of mentally ill inmate

Inmates soon to be out on state highways

W.Va. inmate grave digging deep-sixed

Four sue police, alleging "dirty tactics"


October 19


White House Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Summit on Prisoner Reentry

Overcrowded jail grants each prisoner just 1.37 square meters

Prisoner escaped to see family
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Let’s turn inmates into taxpayers

Putting Inmates To Work on Roads

Wisdom Without Walls: The 'Golden Girl' inmates

All female Ala. inmates back from Louisiana, men to follow in '08
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Catholic Ministry Offers Prayer Books To Georgia Inmates

Warden: SCF is a community asset

More light

Professional counselling for prisoners, families in the offing

Prisoners roll the dice with new board game

Eritrea: 51 Prisoners Graduate in Adult Education

State's oldest inmate released from Shakopee prison
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Supreme Court Halts Va. Inmate's Execution
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Inmates file suit to prevent lethal injections in Miss.
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October 18


Why is justice review three months late?

Prisoner numbers blow out beyond forecasts say Nats
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Turner backs prisoner rehabilitation programme

Statutory release of inmates expected
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More mouths to feed at the prison

Budget Battle Sends Inmates Back to Overcrowded Prisons

Water police: Inmates told to shorten showers

Former Gang Member Speaks to Inmates in Wrightsville

What's Wrong With Florida's Prisons?

Ind. Inmate Found 35 Years After Escape
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October 17


State panel: Deputies' care for prisoner inadequate
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Big house, big bill
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Report: Faith-based prisons are less violent

Crowded prisons must deal with inmates who keep coming back.

Prisons Must Employ Strategies to Reduce Recidivism

Overcrowding in Israeli prisons reaches new high

Inquiry studies healthcare in NI prisons

In Connecticut Prisons, a System Long on People, Short on Space
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EDCF career fair benefits inmates

Jackson prison begins closing
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Monitoring needed for frail inmates

Inmates Cut Off From Social Security Checks

Inmate work gangs would send clear message
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Hays County Must Decide How To House Inmates
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Gay inmates to tie the knot in Quebec pen
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State Supreme Court refuses to halt sex offender parolee arrests
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Editorial: Jessica’s Law needs work

Prison reworking not necessary

Scheme aims to give prisoners chance of finding employment

Prisoners' Rights Activist Arrested and Detained
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Three former Chino guards guilty
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Guard Says State Caused Him To Sexually Assault Inmate


October 16


Retrial granted in '80s killing
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Are state prisons crowded? Don't ask

Health Plan For Prisoners

Veto of California's Condoms in Prisons Bill: "Politics Over Public Health," Says AHF
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Former prisons inspector backs call to legalise drugs
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Campus housing exceeds prisons

Getting inmates off the treadmill

Dying inmates may be given leniency
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Franklin County Sees Money in Federal Inmates

Deputies, inmates help clean Dixiana cemetery that was dumping ground

25 inmates receive training in farming

Sumner jail approaches cap for medical costs

Sheriff says pre-trial inmates causing jail overcrowding crisis

Human Rights Commission Releases Prison Beating Video
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October 15


Shelton guides prisoner poets

Prisoner of the imagination

Packed prisons
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Producer's Notebook: My Trip To Supermax

Arizona death row inmates await justices’ ruling
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Tihar proposes wage hike for inmates

County official wants Dallas jail inmates to clean up roads
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Plan to put prisoners in court cells

From Hollywood to Pollsmoor
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October 14


Women inmates tell stories through art

In 2006-2007, inmates at the Broward Correctional Institution and Homestead...

State corrections official quits over inmate transfers
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Georgia inmates reportedly did work out of state

State, unions debate who should build prisoner housing

Senators question monitoring of privately run prisons
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County’s rising jail population nears cap for medical costs

'Operation Payback' puts inmates to work

Counties at odds over costs for regional inmates

Despite lingering questions, faith-based prison programs multiply across U.S.

Prison education prepares inmates for the outside

Grootvlei Prison scandal now a film

Private prison opens in Tochigi Pref.

Caring for prisoners

Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 2,037 prisoners


October 13


Disabilities Law Center wants prison to explain death of mentally-ill inmate

$9.1M project to replace Madison jail moves forward

Inmate road duty takes a new turn
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Tomorrow Is Community Trash Pickup Day In Butler Co.

Career fair helps inmates plan for life beyond prison

Court: Prison has responsibility when releasing disabled inmates
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Faith-Based Prison Programs Flourish

Lawmakers OK funds for prison suicide prevention

Corzine unveils plan to help parolees adapt after release
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Crime Prevention Institute Announces Fourth Annual Benefit Concert and Art Auction

State To Send Thousands Of Prisoners Out-Of-State

Sri Lanka: "Take us to courts" - say prisoners


October 12


Career fair helps inmates plan for life beyond prison
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Many Jail Inmates Not Getting Needed Mental Health Services
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Former inmate settles suit for $90,000

Inmates' 'highway crew' helping keep things cleaned up

Conditions criticized at Grand Prairie Jail

State Supreme Court rules in sex-offender residency case
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Former inmate wins $500,000 in settlement over prison beating
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Finally free, Ronald Taylor has no grudges

Prison Art in America

Free to learn behind bars

Business plan helps prisoners and prisons

NHS fails prisoners, report says


October 11


Find Alternatives To New Prisons

Three Irish prisons found to be unsafe
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Jail’s architect: Project like ‘herding ducks’

Stephens County Jail crowding out women inmates

Elderly inmates' health costs not issue in Lee

Inmates learning to do for others

Colombia's beauty obsession reaches even to prison

P-I Endorsement: Smarter prisoners

Board upholds firing in jail inmate's death
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Officials Demoted In Inmate Transfers
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Report says King County inmate drug risk is low

New York's oldest inmate denied parole
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October 10


Corrections officers fired after prisoner abuse probe
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Innocent prisoner discusses shortcomings in criminal justice system

Pets to be evacuated to center at prison
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Former Inmates are getting jobs and changing their lives

Parole improvements called for
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Rehab, treatment jam-up delays parole for federal inmates

Prisons expensive to run, maintain
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Prisons in turmoil

Are Prisons Overcrowded?

Texas man cleared on rape charges ordered released from prison on $10 bond
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Girl alleges sex abuse in Texas prison
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Prison operators told to improve

Prisoner backlog 'unsatisfactory'

Boost for alcohol support scheme

Two thirds of prisoners re-offend
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Inmates are going to the dogs - and loving it

Inmate shouldn't have to wait 90-plus days for dental care


October 9


Inside Books Project promotes inmate education

Kevorkian: Jail reform is his new cause
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Justice Thomas and prisoners’ freedom of expression
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Cost of inmate's care angers sheriff

More prison inmates file claims over food, work
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Drug-related crime filling Iran's prisons: official

Home is where inmates will be

Jail inmates are well looked after, says official

Johnson County sheriff questions cost of private jails

Doughnut theft could land man in prison
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Private prison slammed by watchdog
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October 8


Jail will report inmates' release

Minnesota prisons need the watchdog back on patrol

Telephone booths in prisons

242 inmates join computer inputting competition

Project targets inmates

Classes offer inmates chance at different uniform
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25 jail inmates set free due to overcrowding

Prison operator that lost juvenile contract had other complaints

Federal grand jury took Angola prison records

Tear Down the Statue of Liberty, CA Prison Abuse is Outrageou

Faulty calculations, blunders send teen offenders to adult prison
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October 7


Jail operator GEO's troubles not limited to Coke County youth lockup

Muslim inmate sues jail

State funding squeeze erodes California's public universities
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Cardinal urges: Know more than inmates’ dances

Women’s prison crisis costing state millions
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A fair crack
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Rally backs clemency for female prisoners
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Prisoners to patch up gravestones

More prisoners living in solitary confinement

Out of Prison and Deep in Debt

Let prisoners read

Prisoners turn painters


October 6


Allow judges flexibility in deciding sentences
Editorial: Schwarzenegger must instill proper balance of power in prisons

Prisons' racial disparity increases

State proposes re-entry facilities for inmates

Preparing Inmates to Re-enter Society

California pays for nearly 8,000 out-of-state prison beds
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China Agrees Not to Take Inmates' Organs

Second Chance Gives Prisoners the Gift of Rehabilitative TV Programming at No Cost to Taxpayers
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Inmates must make medical co-payments
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October 5


Inmates writing books for the blind
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State investigates prisoner transfers

Drugs man spared jail because prisons too full

Criminals will be released into free housing to ease over-crowded prisons

'Three Strikes' Law Packs California Prisons
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Seven TYC workers fired after inmates found living in filth
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Program aids newly released prison inmates

Inmates with money now required to make medical co-payments

Work release inmates to move next week

Prison wing 'unfit for animals' closed down

Prisoners taught the art of wine-making

Father of dead inmate files $60 mil lawsuit against Orange County
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Pregnant inmates get new welfare scheme

Texas death row inmate lost race against 5 pm close


October 4


Ted Koppel Q and A
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Two Cheers for the Bush Administration and Religious Freedom
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Floyd County inmates will pay fee for health care
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16,000 inmates to get sentence remission

Phyllis Kornfeld to speak at Hope and Action convocation event

Death Row Delusions: When Is a Prisoner Competent to Be Executed?


October 3


Cash-strapped county turns inmate's $140,000 hospital bill over to Jackson

Muslim man claims prison abuse

Sentencing guidelines hold potential
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Questions Asked On Prisons
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State prisons face crowding problems with mentally ill inmates

Pa. must tackle crowded prisons

Maryland Prisons Have Highest Percentage of AIDS Cases Nationwide, DOJ Report Says
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Pledge to create prison places and end early release

U.K. Conservatives Would Scrap ID Cards to Fund Jails
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Iowa could be leader in reforming prison system

Out-of-state inmates face strain

Jail begins releasing inmates to reduce overcrowding
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Young offenders are removed from private facility
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Westmoreland scuttles $600,000 deal to take Philadelphia inmates
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Texas Ruling Signals Indefinite Halt to Executions

Texas DAs not matching colleague's execution moratorium


October 2


A fresh start: Inmates transition back, with help from Boca Raton church

Booklet project aimed at teaching inmates' children about life in jail

Wilsonville inmates seek socks for shelter benefit

More Americans live in dorms than prisons for first time
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Court is used as cell due to packed prison

Some inmates find hope in graduation

Prisons rife with mentally ill

Death row inmate must be retried or released
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Justices let stand ruling that gave former death row inmate a new trial

Rep. Rush's son fired in prison sex scandal

L.A. County's Little-known 350-inmate Prison Break


October 1


Program lets inmates be useful for Guam's parks, schools
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In the Spirit: Inmates find God behind jail's bars

Anger courses failing violent inmates: claim

Gallery talk to open exhibit of prison inmates' artwork at Drury

Mentally ill inmates now getting timely treatment

Jam-packed jail jettisons inmates

Prison health care costs climbing

Oregon prisons get new model Taser stun guns
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State prisons out of the purview of smoking ban

Counties find MRSA costs are plaguing prisons

Helping Job Seekers Over a Big Hurdle: Prison Time

Prison incompetence
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Convicted teens to be held in new 'super prison' for children

Prison crisis 'undermining targets'

15 women’s jails to be shut, with offenders offered detox and help
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Ageing prisoners to be relased on Gandhi Jayanti day

Across Missouri: Inmate gardens

County jail clamps down on visitation

County Jail — No vacancy

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