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In the Pursuit of Justice, Do We Need Trials?
March 31
Torture in Our Own Backyards: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons

Wrongs still righted too slowly

There's nothing funny about prison rape

Jobs found for former prisoners

Inmates seeking early release under new sentencing guidelines

Bill in Legislature | Inmates may get right to DNA test

Power lifting keeps inmates occupied at Branchville

Virginia to accept 300 inmates from Wyoming
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Sick and suicidal: plight of women in UK jails

Youth prisons suffer teacher shortage

Do the time, lower the crime

Middle-court needed now to judge impact on prisons

Strip Searches at Prisons to Be Banned
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Computer suites go into all prisons

Questioning the Value of the "Prison Economy"

Blog: California State Democratic Convention in San Jose - Day 2

Inmates serving life sentences dine with loved ones
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Inmate rehab program gets grant dollars
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Dothan corrections officer charged with soliciting money from inmate

Modern jail to ease problems seen with existing facility
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March 30
Prisoners plant seeds of change

A shameful way to treat women prisoners

Payments Are Ordered in Searches of Inmates
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Women behind bars in Davao feel right at home

Former Porter County inmate alleges civil rights violations

Guard gets probation for affair with inmate
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Inmate says search at county jail was illegal
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Girl Succumbs to Cancer After Visit From Inmate Dad
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The reality of prison rape remains difficult to research

March 29
State money for prisoner education?

J.K. Rowling Visits Prisoners, Supports Reading Efforts
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Bill to award inmates' volunteer work

‘Chain gang’ integrates inmates back into society

N.H. Settles With Ex-Guard's Victims
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Legislators blast governor's plan to close Stateville's maximum-security wing

Va. to take 300 inmates from Wyo.

Virginia's prison gravy train

Tent prisons touted for youth crims

Kumasi Prisons initiates educational programme for student inmates

Federal corrections officer indicted in deadly assault on inmate
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Lawyer for sick priest says treatment unavailable in prison

March 28
Drug treatment works better than jail
At-risk prisoners 'protected'
Don’T Ostracise Prisoners – Oboshie Sai Cofie
House lawmakers approve plan for early prisoner releases
Exclusive | SLED cites staffing problems
Kansas Inmates to Study Braille [More]
Inmate sues CCA after ear torn off [More]
Clarifying inmate food funds [More]
Commission bans smoking at county jail
Man who says he was framed sues [More] [More]
Mom stuck by freed inmate
Inmate Has Brief Visit With Dying Daughter [More] [More]
Budget bill would reopen prison ombudsman's office
The £37,000 question
For the sake of all Texans, stop rape in our prisons [More] [More]
Prisons 'full of the wrong people'
Sentenced: At 53, inmate learning to read and write [More]
March 27
ACLU claims prisoner beaten for exposing corruption [More]
Extended Family organizes to offer support to families of prisoners
Program will assist mentally ill inmates
Praise Team shares faith with inmates
Court: Orange County must do more for its disabled jail inmates [More]
After 3 decades, La. prison inmates moved out of solitary [More] [More]
Edmund H. Lyons, longtime prisons chief
Medical costs rise faster in Michigan prisons
Levy uses inmate work crews
Pickens inmate has a GED and freedom
Officers To Go On Trial In The Beating Of Inmate [More] [More]
Greeting cards for inmates [More] [More]
Police Say Deputy Sheriff Raped Inmate In Nye County [More]
Editorial: Let's start over on location for women's prison
High court backs Texas in dispute over Mexican death row prisoner [More] [More] [More] [More]
March 26
Inmates challenge computer removal
Education is key to keeping inmates from re-offending
Inmates clean up for community: Program is a privilege, not a right
Former inmates call for a living memorial to their broken girlhoods
Agreement calls for better services for disabled inmates
‘North Wales prison solves nothing’
Super-sized prison change
Students 'barred' from pursuing a life of crime [More]
Councilor blasts county inmate plan
Treatment of bipolar inmate was deplorable
Company drops plans for women's prison in East San Jose
March 25
 Arrest of prominent lawyer troubles defense attorneys [More] [More]
Inmate 'bracelets' a prudent step [More]
Cook County Sheriffs Office Purchases Stinger Systems' Band-It Prisoner Restraint Systems and Ice Shield Electronic Crowd Control Shields
Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative offers a helping hand
US court questions legality of lethal injections
Will inmates have to defend selves?
UO students seek to help inmates’ education
Bill would let inmates do public service work for churches
N.C. prisons overcrowded
Sector Snap: Private Prisons Rise [More]
Inmates run call centres in Austrian prisons
Incarceration vs. education: reproducing racism and poverty in American
Federal Prison Warden Denies Inmate Early Release to be with Dying 10-year-old Daughter
Supreme Court allows abortions for inmates [More] [More] [More]
No Bitterness After Wrongly Imprisoned
Editorial: Texas' pipeline to youth prison
March 24
 FBI posts fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects
Not enough mental health facilities for state prisoners
Iowa prison system struggling to care for mentally ill inmates and parolees
Faith Behind Bars: Volunteers befriend inmates through program
Jail ministry hopes to give inmates new life in Clark, Floyd counties
Advocates: Alabama alone bars HIV inmates from work release
Aging inmates push up cost of medical care
Prisoner hopes to see enlightenment of Day
State looking to lower population in prisons
Public defenders face budget problems
Another View: Fix probation to aid prisons
‘On the verge of death’ : Inmate’s diabetes out of control during lock-up
March 23
 Prisoners no longer sleep in shifts at Nsawam
US jail reaches deal on meals for Muslim inmates
Girl Scouts help establish library for N.Ky. inmates
Vt. Inmates Call Food Foul, Sue Over It [More]
'Jail no good for drug offenders'
Prison drugs care 'below 'standard'
Prison-based rehab for addicts may not work
America needs more alternatives to prisons
Why prisons must cater for all faiths
Plan for women's prison in Alum Rock draws fire
March 22
 Faith Behind Bars: Volunteer shares Biblical lessons with inmates [More] [More]
Inmates in Clark County easing back into life on the outside
Clark County OKs substance- abuse help for inmates
Jailed murderer collects donations from inmates for tornado "miracle baby" [More]
Supreme Court overturns death penalty in Louisiana case [More] [More] [More]
The Book Of Clarence Thomas
Jail’s policy on inmate transfers questioned
Limestone making money on inmate telephone service
Interview With Dying Girl's Dad From Prison [More] [More]
Conviction tossed - man leaves prison [More]
March 21
Prisoners on the run... for charity
Prisoners to work on rebuilding houses [More]
Lethal Injustice: No New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis
Inmates have no choice about medical treatment
Inmates say they got dirty razors again
Society says segregating mentally ill inmates violates rights [More]
Idaho to send 240 more inmates to Oklahoma, half within 30 days [More]
Inmates train dogs to help wounded Marines with chores
Inmates to Train Dogs
Oklahoma Inmates Participate in Work Release Program
Tuberculosis: worldwide efforts to combat drug-resistant TB must include prisons
Napolitano's recurring prison bill dies, unsupported by locals [More]
Prisons out of control
America’s New Slavery: Black Men in Prison [More]
Education matters to all
Inmate to be freed after 23 years [More] [More] [More]
PM upset by plight of woman in prison [More]
March 20
No help for prisoners with personality disorders
Finding promise in prisoners
Prisoners in police cells reaches capacity
Concerns spur audit over rise in inmates' early releases
AP/Montgomery Advertiser Examines Debate Over Segregating HIV-Positive Inmates From General Prison Population
Inmates Help With Tornado Cleanup [More]
Inmates attend classes for job-seeking skills
Sick inmates cost county dollars
Jail overcrowding causes relocation for county inmates
Crowded prisons cause of concern
Faith groups to help inmates being released from state prisons [More]
South Africa: Prisoners 'Taking It Easy'
British prize for prefab prisons
California Can Save Billions on Our Prisons While Improving Them and Making Us Safer
Former jail guard gets probation for giving contraband to inmate
Court overturns death row inmate's conviction [More] [More]
Condemned inmate's lawyers say new evidence should mean new trial [More]
March 19
Uganda: Sex for Prisoners - Fix the Basics First
Editorial: A reminder to Ohio's prison director: Only judges can give second chances
Faith groups to help inmates being freed [More]
Opinion piece oversimplified problems and solutions for prison system
For convicted drug users prison does more harm than good [More]
Prisons to get another look [More] [More]
Close child prisons [More]
Colo. Panel OKs Incentives for Prisons [More]
Inmate lawsuit in hands of jury
Plaintiffs win naked detention lawsuit against Saginaw County Jail, but get less money than they sought
Inmate medical care costing $1million
Understanding aggression in the juvenile inmate
Inside Europe's largest prison [More] [More]
March 18
Inmates talk of recovery [More]
Group forming to aid inmates [More]
Integration of Limestone HIV inmates stalled, timeline sought
Executives Teach Inmates How to Be Employees
Diplomat's novel tells it like it is on death row
World Water Day: Overcrowding in prisons poses global water and sanitation challenges
State's a loser in old prison sex case
Community care
Academy gets close look at detention center
No new trial for death row inmate
Over 108,000 in detention in UK [More]
Prison not working for drug-users, report finds
Plea for action on prison drug crisis [More]
Marijuana Prohibition And Public Safety
March 17
 Mentor tells how to help prisoners' children
America: Still the land of the free?
Prisoners to be trained as vehicle mechanics in rehabilitation programme
Weekend inmates will stay home to free up bed space
Not using inmates for trash pickup is wasting millions
Official: Let inmates pay to stay
DNA tests OK'd for 7 inmates
Corrections commissioner focused on preparing inmates for release
Jail 'not the solution' to drug crime [More] [More] [More] [More]
Ex-lawman's new calling: helping prisoners repent
Judge hopeful for settlement in California prisons overcrowding suit [More]
Gary Lindstrom: If you do the crime, you do the time
Colo. prison spending near top [More]
March 16
Editorial: Pew Center report on America's bursting prisons must lead to reforms
America: Still the land of the free? Number Of Prisoners Money Spent On Prisoners
Another View: Stashing Americans in prison
The Only Way Forward
The Population of America’s Prisons
Judge 'in it for long haul' on prison reform [More]
Prisoners of sentencing politics
Program helps inmates kick bad habits
23 inmates graduate in music
Training inmates to prepare for life after jail
State prisons don't follow the crowd
Inmate asks judge not to dismiss suit
Medical intervention sought for inmate [More]
8 Roxbury guards face possible dismissal
March 15
 Prisoner Re-Entry: Congress Passes Second Chance Act, Bill Goes to President Bush
Prisoner ‘denied’ vital medication in days before death
Local prisoners 'on the run' for charity [More]
Phone calls cost less for inmates
Rob Woutat: The Benefits of Jail for Non-Inmates
Programme for women inmates
8 Md. Prison Guards Could Be Fired After Brawls With Inmates [More] [More]
Cornell Locks-Up A Strong Quarter
Prison growth yields only limited returns
Why so many people in jail?
A Country Behind Bars
Clampdown in NI prisons
New senior appointment to reduce illegal drugs in prison [More] [More]
Senate rejects plan to close prisons [More]
March 14
Taking account of the special needs of women in prisons
How much air does a Romanian prison inmate need?
Price of inmate calls decreases
Palm Springs City Council opposing Schwarzenegger's proposal for the early inmate release
March 13
 Female prisoner lawsuits move forward
SNP tries to push through more prisoner tagging [More]
Inmates get help in finding new path
Local rabbi offers guidance to inmates
Minister announces more inmates and jobs for Loughan House
Appeals court grants two inmates chance to get off death row [More]
Computer classes for Beur inmates
More than one in 100 adults behind bars in U.S. [More]
Cut from a different cloth
Venezuela moves to humanize prison system amidst hunger strikes
Councillors debate condoms in prison
Lawmakers told the state needs more prisons
Senate Clears Prisoner Bill [More]
Inmate thankful for chance as work center reopens
2nd former inmate alleges misconduct by Dwight prison officials, files suit
Inmate boom leads to healthcare angst
March 12
 Prisoners work in PIE program
State says it will close Detroit-area prison in 2009
Parole Agents Struggle to Manage Caseloads
Lack of media access in prison is a crime
Rehabilitate, don't just release inmates
From Womb to Prison: The Tragedy of Nigeria’s Incarcerated Children [More]
U.N. expert says torture widespread in Nigerian prisons
Lawyer testifies his ex-client had cleared man still in prison for '82 killing
Inmates Describe Prison Crowding
Siberian prison's beauty pageant
March 11
 Forgotten man
New jail 'could be too far from prisoners' families'
Feds plan visit to check Harris County Jail
County jail expansion considered
Inmates learn skills for new life
Prison inmates 'learning their lesson'
Inmates get work route out of prison prison
A field job for inmates
Claims of overcrowding in SA prisons
Overcrowded prisons a financial headache
The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?
It's time to overhaul U.S. justice system
Do we want to build more prisons or build for America's future?
Population of state’s prisons in decline
Ex-inmates see a brighter destiny
Inmate: Why did I get life sentence if another person confessed? [More] [More]
Attorney-client secrets need some exceptions
Ga. Supreme Court reverses inmate hair ruling [More]
March 10
Leniency Is For the Powerful
Elston Gunn Interviews Director Kevin Booth Of American Drug War: The Last White Hope!!
Prison Nation [More] [More] [More] [More]
Law expands Texas prison inmates' access to phones
'Angel' makes a career in kindness at the 'Bangkok Hilton' prison
Suppression lets ex-prisoner turn prison officer [More]
Prisoners enjoy a day of culture and arts
She has faith in prisoners' ability to heal
Re-entry programs put inmates back into society
Addressing Inmates’ Mental Health
13 CIW inmates graduate from Chaffey
Jail chaplains hope for small successes with inmates
Prison Inmates will Repair Vehicle Transmissions
Inmates to help with flood recovery
Prisons are failing to help inmates find jobs
Editorial: Ohio prisons must get judges' approval for felons' early release - every time
Reforms help county buck prison trends
As Ky. studies prison fixes, other states act [More]
State's scandalous neglect of prisons may soon explode [More] [More]
Gazette Opinion: Montana leads nation in cutting inmate population [More]
Petrilla: Prison will now seek bids for inmate items
March 9
 Prison-trained horses find homes at adoption auction
Crime pays for US prison companies
Web site helps public find friends, family who have been arrested
8 companies bid on contract to provide medical care for Polk inmates
Inmates Speak to Topeka Youth
Treat nation's prison crisis like housing market crisis
Inmate Charged With 23 Counts Of Rape [More]
Federal judge tosses Johnson County Jail inmate lawsuit [More]
State tries to hold back files of guards
March 8
 Dept of Corrections improves its systems after a prisoner died [More]
Special remission to women prisoners on W-Day
Canadian prisoner in Mexico 'hanging by a thread' after latest case delay
Saving tax dollars by hiring prisoners
President pleads to citizens for inmates help [More]
Who will look out for DYS 'inmates'?
Sheriff increases jail population
Lincoln County jail inmates work outdoors
Bids in for project to build five new private prisons [More]
New survey detailed abuse of juveniles in state prisons
Guest Opinion: Florida can't afford to ignore crisis in mental health care
Drug Treatment Costs Far Less Than Prison
New CCA facility will be a much-needed boost [More]
Long list of problems exists in use of CCA
State should run the prisons, not a big, private company
Who's really in prison
Prisons cause 'out of control' caseload for district court
R.I.'s inmate costs highest in nation
Nevada officials sued over care at state prison [More] [More]
White Man in a Texas Prison
Anchorage jail inmate files rape charges [More]
Inmate measure clarifies academic credits
Support offered to help ex-offenders find work
March 7
 26-Year Secret Kept Innocent Man In Prison
German store selling fashions produced by prisoners
Prisoners to help fellow inmates fight depression
Dancing Inmates Crank That with an Encore
Corrections officer charged with sexual battery of inmates
Over 26,000 Indiana residents now in prison
United States Incarcerates More Than Any Other Nation, New Report Says
One in 100 American adults is an inmate, so prisons aren't working
Pomp, praise for inmate graduates
March 6
 America Behind Bars: Why Attempts at Prison Reform Keep Failing
Deal stalls in sending Vancouver pot advocate Marc Emery to U.S. prison [More] [More]
For I have sinned
A prison legacy
Brought to restorative justice
I Voted Today: A Former Prisoner Fights Back
Government Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates [More]
Drug laws' absence of justice
Prison program helps inmates improve lives, stay out of jail
Jim Casey works wonders with prisoners at his aptly named Crossing Over Apartments, transitional living facility.
US Spends 6 Times More on Prisons than Education
Women in N.Y. prisons seek better child custody protections
The Tories' green paper on prisons is a respectable effort, but revolutionary, as it claims? Not a whiff
More prisons are no answer to crime
Key to prisons crisis
Change spending priorities from prisons to universities
One nation, behind bars
Nigeria: Only 19 Babies Were Born in Prisons
Commissioners ready to study inmate work-release
Ex-Inmate Claims Guards Raped, Impregnated Her at Illinois Prison [More]
Prison Closings Trouble Upstate New York
Emily L. Hauser: Prison rape: Not funny, not OK
Prison system is overdue for reform
March 5
 Inhumane treatment of prisoners is un-American
BMA calls for better care for prisoners with drug and mental health problems
Sierra Leone: Most Prisoners Have Not Been Tried - Survey [More]
Organizations help released prisoners
Drop in N.Y. Prisoners Bucks Nationwide Trend
Inmates to Step Up Litter Collection [More]
Rehabilitating San Quentin inmates, free of charge
Why prisons are full: Crime
Lawmakers consider bills to cut prison sentences
Pa. needs new prisons
How to make state prisons more effective and less costly
Prisons and money [More]
Prisons with a Purpose: Our Sentencing and Rehabilitation Revolution to Break the Cycle of Crime
Jail Sued by Hospital for Non Payment of Inmate Bills [More]
Former inmate accuses guards of raping her
State proposes 1,000-inmate prison [More]
Boone puts inmate data online
Former county jailer convicted of sexually abusing inmate [More]
Department of Corrections Hopes to Build Parole Violator Center
March 4
 Figures reveal huge rise in prisoner assaults
Dogs, inmates reap rewards of learning
Inmates to fix postal service transmissions [More] [More]
State needs to rethink incarceration efforts
Smoke break is ending for inmates in Michigan's prisons
Corrections rehires officer convicted of assaulting 2 inmates
Alameda County revamps inmate location system [More]
Prisoners should make reparations to victims, says Cameron [More]
Tories plan bonuses for prison governors who cut reoffending [More] [More]
How much do prisoners get paid?
Scott keeps pushing for new laws
Prison education suffering [More]
March 3
Ex-con turned motivational speaker offers this advice: Everything, even prison, happens for a reason
Crack inmates can seek early out [More]
Female inmates have few complaints after allegations raise questions of treatment
Prison chief seeks ways to stop cons from reoffending
2 inmates give back by easing mom's grief
Ban begins on tobacco use among inmates
Smoking ban may spark chaos in federal jails: advocate [More]
Michigan prisons to ban smoking by inmates, staff in 2009
Violence tough at youth prisons
Nation of prisons
Montana's inmate count declines [More]
KY inmate population rise is fastest in nation
As prison population soars, so do costs
Senator gives hope to inmate [More]
Inmate drug use studied
March 2
 Inquest puts spotlight on prison medical care
American jails hold quarter of world’s inmates
Correction: Prison vs. Education Spending
Repeat: More Prisoners = Less Crime
Inmates HIV drugs costing taxpayers big bucks
Inmates kick addictions, hone life skills.
Cebu’s ‘dancing inmates’ get another hit
Miss. joins vast trend with bills on inmates
Witness Says Guards Ordered Hit [More]
CCI inmates display their art talent in black history show
New York has fewer inmates as numbers increase in other states
WA inmates awarded $75 in shipping settlement [More]
Tell us the true cost of prisons
More inmates, prisons: Let's find a better way
Spoof: More People In American Prisons than Out
March 1
 Calif. official paid himself $52K a month to oversee prison medical care
Inmates Send Food Parcels From Prisoners
More Prisoners Behind Bars: Good Or Bad?
Kentucky's prison population growth leads nation
Inmates' litter pickup resumes
Georgia No. 2 in percentage of prison inmates
Record Number of Washington Inmates
Prisons high on state funding priority list
More Bang for the Buck: Harvard Costs Less than Prison
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