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December 31


Faith-based program helps SC prisoners combat addictions
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Police gathering saliva samples from prisoners for national DNA bank
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Ex-criminal sows seeds of a new start for prisoners

Church organizes Christmas event for prisoners, families

Roh's amnesty to benefit several death-row inmates
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Inmates back to school

January symposium to discuss how groups can help Dallas County's ex-inmates

Inmate medical care

Incoming e-mails for prison inmates can help improve security

Expert critical of timing of prison report

Brown shows true colours in grim year for liberties


December 30


Exonerated prisoners in North Carolina

Inmates Refurbishing Bikes Through Shifting Gears Program
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Inmates get help against ‘demons’

Infection Hits a California Prison Hard

Editorial: Safeguard evidence better and permit more DNA testing for prisoners

Mo. recovers $780,000 from inmates' reimbursements to state
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Jails 'failing to treat inmates'
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Decision made on giving ex-inmates a second chance in Maysville

Floor-sleeping inmates to be moved soon

Lethal injection protocol revealed
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Corrections center growing

Former death row inmate sues ex-police chemist

After Half a Lifetime in Prison, an Inmate Is Free for Now

Facing Budget Crisis, California Governor Ponders Early Release of 22,000 Nonviolent Offenders

Seek to empty the prisons

Would God Use Prisons to Rehabilitate?

Prisons hiring more women

55 Idaho inmates sidetracked during move from Texas prison


December 28


Programs equip prisoners with skills to re-enter society

Female Inmates See Family on Christmas

Kansas prison recycles old inmates’ clothes into blankets for the homeless

Speakers tell inmates how to avoid trouble after release

Prison music school: A respite and a new path
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Inmates of Kumasi prisons feted on Christmas Day

Prison inmates dislike unstylish pajamas
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Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Prisons

Tankleff Freed After 17 Years In Prison
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December 27


Prisoner sues, wins $105K

Editorial: Early release of prisoners has to be considered
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Cheyenne jail inmates treated to special Christmas dinner
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Prison benefits offered same-sex couples, not marrieds

Exonerated Men Urge DNA Testing For Death Row Inmate

2008 looms as year of reckoning on California's prison crowding

Inmate health care adds to price of prison

Stewart built nativity in '05 prison stay
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December 26


Pardoned prisoner celebrates freedom

Prisoners help finish church model

E-mail to prisoners helps family ties, security :-)

Prisoners keep yule watch on each other
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Inmates, prison staff contribute to community projects

New jail policy keeps inmates from seeing children

Group makes sure inmates not forgotten

Youth see that jail inmates, staff not forgotten this holiday

Inmates refurbish bikes for youths

Volunteers bring holiday to inmates at Morgan jail

Clark offers Mass to inmates

Release sickest prison inmates

Prisons plan holiday meals
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Prison meals healthier

State's prison budget soars

Giving Felons a Future

State's inmate population leveling off

Oregon man gives $10,000 to inmates, who get $4.11 each
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A war of words, waged behind bars

Anambra to establish schools in prisons

Prisons think pink for cells


December 24


Justice Deferred? Advocates say projects looking at inmate claims of innocence are meeting resistance
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Prison 'is splitting up families'

Cardinal Rigali's Bucks prison Mass follows biblical rule

Prisoner rehab site opposed in Maysville

Journalists spend time with women, youth offenders in jail

Female inmates work with dogs for the disabled

Guard indicted in inmate's beating death
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Facing inmate overflow, state starts looking for alternatives

Study: Work release lowers recidivism rates slightly
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Exhibition of work from HMP Buckley Hall at Touchstones

Former cop, con has novel ideas

Two more freed in Genarlow Wilson case
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The Gift Of Justice Doesn't Cost a Dime

Report points to prison's failings

Jail staff tries to make holiday season more bearable for inmates

Inmates' kids have an angel

Florida Prison Inmates Make 5,000 Toys for Deserving Kids

Books behind bars: Prison Library Project offers hope for inmates

Archbishop Celebrating Mass With Inmates

Inmates sing teacher's praises

Taste, nutrition--and a tough crowd

State's Prisons Are Overcrowded, But Officials Say Conditions Not Inhumane

State prisons out of room


December 22


Bill would separate mentally ill prisoners

Exonerated inmates ask Riley to order DNA tests in Arthur case
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Pilot Program in Prison Teaches Inmates Skills

ACLU follows up on report on inmate care at Nevada prison
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Triumph for an Inmate, and a Persistent Investigator
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Alabama Commissioner: Prisons Becoming Mental Health Centers
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State's neglect of mental health is unconscionable

B.C. prisons overcrowded and understaffed, union says
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Kinlen report says prisons are 'disastrous'

Inadequate Funding, Bane of Prisons, Says Saraki

Breaking down walls through art
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Behind bars in glass cases


December 21


Governor considers early release of 22,000 from state's prisons
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Prisoners tell local kids realities of crime, jail

Nearly 9 Percent of Utah Prison Inmates Victims of Nonconsensual Sex
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Judge sets deadline for clearing Calif. parole hearing backlogs
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State announces reforms to combat abuse in women's prisons
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Alabama commissioner: Prisons becoming mental health centers
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Smoking Ban to Affect Prisons Too

Housing program to put more ex-cons in county


December 20


Grand Jury Proposes Secure Medical Facility For Some Prisoners
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U.S. executions at a 13-year low
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N.H. praised for prison menu choices
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Illegal immigrant rises from dead, wins $1.5M in suit
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Iowa helps drive trend of higher inmate numbers

Regional Jail Authority to decrease daily inmate fee 2 percent
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Ex-Death Row Inmate to Take Plea Deal
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Prison act seeks inmate reformation, re-integration

Inmate sues for Norse god worship

Brazil Vows to Fix `Filthy' Prisons After Girl Jailed With Men

Maryland corrections reforms yield mixed results

Decongest prisons, minister appeals
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Prisons officials sued | Officers: it was execute or else
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Sexual misconduct found in WA women's prisons
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December 19


Stress on professional training to prisoners

Prison teacher helps inmates prepare for future

Brevard inmates like jobs in jail

Work, faith help inmates rebuild lives

Inmates get expert help to stay sober

New Work Release Programs Aims to Help Idaho Inmates

County to increase fees for inmates at PJC

Clayton inmates will get satellite TV

Harris County to send 200 more inmates to Louisiana

Inmate abuse high in Nevada
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Grand Jury to Decide if Jailers are Responsible for Inmate's Death
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Human rights activists require to stop tortures in prisons

What's health care like in America's prisons and jails?

Private Prisons

PETA ranks Tennessee prisons as 8th best for vegetarians

MP debates prison education programme


December 18


New Orleans DA: administrative problems have led to prisoner releases
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Welfare programmes for prisoner families

Human Rights Activists Say U.S. Violates Prisoners' Rights

What lies behind the case of lethal injection?

Texas Preacher Pushes the Gospel of Mercy for Death Row Inmates

Inmates find healing from inside

Women’s institution expands to keep up with inmate jump

Seizure of DNA evidence from inmate's toothbrush is legal, DuPage judge rules
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Inmate volunteer program grows

Former prison guard gets jail time for sex with inmate
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Women unjustly detained in prisons

Parole System To Address Overcrowding In Prisons
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America's prisons hold over 1.5 million


December 17


Creativity behind bars

NY Inmate Collect Call Phone Rates Reduced Again

Prison Outlet Store offers unusual gifts

DOJ wants 'overstaying' inmates freed

Inmate release program cites its success

10 months after scandal, problems plague Texas Youth Commission
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Federal Statistics Show Widespread Prison Rape
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Family of strangled inmate sues state prisons department

We need fewer but better run prisons

Facing fear of meeting prisoners at the gate

Prisoners' children treated to Christmas party by Freedom Village Prison Ministry

Local prisoners seeking DNA testing

Prosecutors fight inmates' test requests
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County Jail in Ohio Getting Painted Pink

Meditation practice 'frees' inmates

Inmates strain prison resources

Freed inmate seeks to restart his life

Republicans Rethinking New Prison Stalemate

Ohio prisons serving up healthier menu in wake of lawsuit
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Are New Prisons The Answer?
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Prisons to use tobacco money to help inmates stop smoking

Prison education


December 15


St. Lucie County eases jail crowding

Jail investigator moved to another job after monitoring inmates' conversations with attorneys

Nashville Inmates Double As Dog Trainers

Ex-guard charged with having sex with inmates

Study Says Many Inmates Are Repeat Offenders
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Prison Fellowship responds to 8th Circuit rehab program ruling

Prosecutor says death row inmates' bias claims should be tossed
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Inmate programs proving successful

Prisoners more violent than in the past: report

Federal judges delay February trial on crowded California prisons

MP urges improved training in prison

Innocent man's conviction shows flaws in lineups
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December 14


Prisoners denied Christmas Day visitors
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Inmates convicted of DUI at Arizona jail wear pink

More than 700 inmates in crack cases eligible for new sentences

Death row inmates say penalty is unfairly applied
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County slapped with $4.5M verdict in inmate's death

New Jersey Moves to End Its Death Penalty
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AP Exclusive: Ex-death row inmate glad capital punishment ending

Inmate students graduate

Match models work for ex-inmate

Ex-inmate licence decision backed
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Vic prisons boss says procedures tighter
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Inmates get tiny taste of festivity

Prisoners may get condoms in jail
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Crime rates, prison costs spur programs for ex-cons

Uganda: We Can Solve the Prison Congestion

Zimbabwe: Prison Authorities Fail to Keep Up With Deteriorating Conditions, Report Says
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Build new, bigger prisons and scrap early release, review panel urges
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December 13


Seven faces of freedom and justice
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Folsom Prison inmates graduate from trade schools

Lockdown blues

Inmates shovel for those in city who can't

Education Feature: Inmates focus on further education

Ducking the issue
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3,000 prison officers stage work stoppage

Prisons urged not to isolate mentally ill
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Prisons holding three times capacity
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PETA: Hawaii prisons in top 10 as 'vegetarian friendly'
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Prisoners to spend more time in cells
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Overcrowding Forces Some New Jersey Prisons to go Co-Ed
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Inmate management system purchased

Inmate-made crafts donated to Toys for Tots

Prison guard convicted of having sex with female inmate

Accomplice to freeing Death Row inmate gets new trial
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New York Frees Oldest Inmate
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December 12


Calif. to recalculate release dates for up to 33,000 inmates

Wis. prisoner can't display Jennifer Aniston photo

Supreme Court Ruling Will Set 19,500 Federal Prison Inmates Free
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Justice in Sentencing
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Inmates grow holiday cheer

Senator Clinton Cosponsors Legislation to Improve Transparency and Accountability at Private Prisons

What Do Prisons Have to Do with Reproductive Rights?
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How drugs fuel violence in prison

Women's jail sex claims surface
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Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Former Death Row Inmate
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DNA test clears Georgia inmate of 1979 rape
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State's oldest inmate paroled from prison
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December 11


Changing Our Prison Systems Will Take a Little Bit of Intelligence

California leads nation in prison crowding

Cost of prisons must be cut back

God's will leads believer to role he never expected, in prisons

Inmate gets his second chance: new job, new start

New audit recommendations could improve state prisons
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Call for prison visitors to pay for parking, too

Officals disagree on teens in adult prisons

Reforming Prisons

Seeking restorative justice

What will the Titan prisons be like?
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Prison Statistics Are Eye-Opener

Rehabilitation programs scant in county jails
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Convoluted sentencing laws a key reason for California prison crowding
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Prisons across state, U.S. fuller by 2.8%

Retired attorney visited Jewish inmates in jails, prisons

Prison, the new madhouse
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Treat Mentally Ill Lawbreakers

Prison population declining

Fire to the Prisons #2 Out Now!

Drug addiction rife in prisons

Prisons to launch parole system
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Ex-Oshkosh prison staffer accused of sex with 2 inmates

Do inmates get a good education?


December 10


Mexico City grants gay prisoners conjugal visits

Transforming prisoners into model inmates

A system strains, and inmates die
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Central Prison inmates showcase their talents

Texas inmates alluring to European women
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Reforming Prisons

Prisons service needs support to reform inmates

Prisons across state, U.S. fuller by 2.8%
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New Jersey Keeps Its Execution Chamber ‘On Standby’

Violent crime surge puts pressure on prisons

Ex-guard accused of sexually molesting
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Officals disagree on teens in adult prisons

The prison system does not work

Inmate orchestra performs

Prison Statistics Are Eye-Opener


December 9


When the Mentally Ill Leave Prison

How prison 'only made her worse'
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Calif. Struggles With Sentencing Reform

Inmate's portrayal of jail inaccurate

Inmates make toys for needy children
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Programs to uplift welfare activities for prison inmates

Inmates hear message of hope

Lack of staff puts prisoners 'at risk'

Prison one of best in UK say inmates

Cost of prisons must be cut back

Joel McNally: Locking up violent cops is the right use of prisons

God's will leads believer to role he never expected, in prisons

UK 'Titan' jails to relieve bursting system
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December 8


Sierra Leone: Overcrowded Jails Filled With Prisoners Awaiting Trial

Federal judge stays Tennessee prisoner’s execution
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Ex-guard gets probation for breaking inmate's jaw

Sheriff says no to use of inmate labor

Coyote Ridge inmates hold ice cream fundraiser
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90 lady medicos to be recruited for female inmates

Openness on executions a welcome change
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Judge to state: Share data on prisons
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Rape in US prisons underreported: experts

Lord Chief Justice: Judges should consider jail costs before sentencing

Regulating prisons

ACLU questions prison overcrowding
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Prison population numbers grow
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Posturing and peddling myths, these prison enthusiasts are blind to history

Shoulder to shoulder


December 7


Support the Second Chance Act to invest in prisoner re-entry programs, EPPN urges

Chanucah gelt for prisoners

Bill Would Give Tax Break to Exonerated Prisoners

Sevier Jail sued over inmate rape

ACLU report blasts inmate care at Nevada prison
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Jail inmates join area workforce
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Inmate challenges Virginia law barring access to records
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DOC inmates help clear snow
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Juvenile inmates' suit alleges abuse by guard
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From the Crow's Nest: Prisons, parole and punishment

Mexico's drug war could overwhelm prisons

Justice Dept. Numbers Show Prison Trends
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Plan to close 15 women’s prisons so inmates can be closer to home

Finally — an admission that prison does work


December 6


Inmate named beauty queen

Inmates graduate from trade schools

Poor medical care at Nevada prison cited

Prisons for Life

More Prisons Wrong Approach

Rose State College to expand prison education program
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New prisons chief makes recidivism his top priority
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US inmate loses court fight over hanging Jennifer Aniston photo in his cell
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Prison program affirmed as unconstitutional
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Don't build church/ state wall too high

Neighbors get ready to fight Shakopee prison fence -- again

'Titan' prisons arrive late because of indecision
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Blunkett and the mission to South Africa that inspired the strategy of 'super-prisons'


December 5


A lifer by choice

Family visits 'key for prisoners'

Polk County deputy charged with making advances on inmate
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Re-Entry Summit for Menard Inmates
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Higher education program for inmates to expand

Jail life boring, barbaric: Adler
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Death Row Inmates Challenge Approval of Execution Method
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Santa Clara County inmates sport throwback black-and-white stripes
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Radical Islam spread in prisons: Report

Report Slams Irish Prisons

Stiff Prison Term Upheld for Repeater
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Prison officers to strike on clock-in plan

Court: Prison Program Unconstitutional
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Both sides cheer court's prison program ruling


December 4


Families of Inmates Pay For Their Loved One's Crimes

Sheriff: Former Greene County Jailer Had Sex With Inmate

Caught On Tape: County Jail Guard Kicks Inmate

Jail book drive’s aim: Keep the inmates busy

Attorney general: county jails can’t house other state’s inmates

TYC urged to limit pepper spray
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Were pleas for help ignored? S.F. probes case of inmate who died

New National Report on Sentencing Reform Should Be Applied to California Prisons

Judge has qualms on youth prisons

Panelists to advocate getting teens out of adult prisons

State Prisons: Less and less means more and more

Prison Education Program Gets Boost


December 3


Lutheran pastor championed rights, taught jail inmates

Bikers with hearts of gold bring toys to San Quentin inmates' kids
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Cook inmates bunking in shifts

More Cells And More Help

Slamming State Parole Door Is Blind Injustice

Restrained inmate punched repeatedly

Prison reform will mean hard labour

'Alternative' to women's prisons

Vacaville wary over plans to add to prisons
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December 2


Prisoner illnesses cost state millions in health care

Prisoners of charity: Crabtree inmates make a difference

Give Our Inmates An Education

Jail was wrong to take inmates from other states, state agency reinforces

Sheriff told to find plan to reduce jail crowding
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Magistrate recommends inmate religion lawsuit proceed
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Man struggles to rebuild life after TYC ordeal
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Ark. Prisoners Prefer Money Over Fruit
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December 1


Probing the prisons paradox

Illegal search springs prisoner

“Prisoners-Women Are Arrested for Killing, Fraud and Drugs”

Fellowship reaches out to prisoners' kids

Sudan jails 'harsh and crowded'

Lawsuit claims LI jail inmates suffer medical neglect

Early prison releases top 11,000
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Bragg unlocks inmates’ musical talent

Starcher proposes letting inmates out of jail

How Bradley County Inmates Pass the Time

DOC agrees to provide more inmate farmworkers

Federal Appeals Court Grants Stay of Execution for Tennessee Inmate

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