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May 31

Inmate Sues Ark. Dept. Of Community Correction Over Abuse

Jail officials tout expansion of inmate work program

102 to get degrees during ceremony at Coyote Ridge

Washington prison offers doulas for pregnant inmates

Groups to sue LA County over conditions for disabled inmates
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Specialist: Inmates get better care for mental illness in jail

Michigan prison reforms likely to face opposition

Judge: Tenn. must retry or free death row inmate
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Jail alters transgender inmate policy

DNA exonerates Chicago man who spent 12 years in prison
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Now free, man cleared in '94 rape talks of life in prison

Plan seeks space in prisons

Ailing inmates may be released

Flavoured condoms used to sweeten milk necessary for Oz inmates sexual health!

New Health Facilities For California Inmates Blocked By Republican State Senators
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California ready to integrate prison cells

Readers' Platform: Meet your new cellmate

My Voice: Prisons need more rehabilitation programs

On crime and prisons

California prison system embraces green power
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Islam in the U.S. prisons


May 28

Bond bill for California prison health care fails
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Problem students in pipeline to prison

Prison to be expanded by a third

Hire ex-con in Philly, get $10K annual tax credit

Jail early release plans outlined
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Appellate court hears inmate transfer case

Re-entry plan aids inmates as police offer hand with job program

Nevada Boot Camp Inmates Build Memorial to Fallen Soldiers

Is this prison too tough?
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Inmates await prison 'peace center'

Inmates agree to help spruce up parts of city

Sheriff: Make the inmates pay more
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Mental healthcare in prisons
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May 27

Record 873 inmates pass GED test
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Prison inmates can’t be tortured in America, but they can be served the behavioral management loaf

Aleph's New Home To Help Jewish Inmates Build New Lives

Humanitarian crisis worsens at Mutare prisons

Nigeria: Liberty - Fundamental Principle of Human Rights in Jeopardy

Nigerian prison officials will visit
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Why are state's prisons so full?
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Prisons director says system lacks funding
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Ann Fisher commentary: Real world awaits for graduating prisoners
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May 26

Miracle behind prison walls

Prison Cap-Rally-San Francisco Federal Court House

State trying to keep released prisoners from coming back

Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison'
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State Prisoners Won?t Be Fed in Lake County, In., Jail

Interfaith Alliance criticizes Alabama governor's plan to have churches manage prisoner re-entry

Prisons unable to cope with rising levels of mentally ill inmates

Their Crime, You Pay: Museum of Crime & Punishment
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Prisons - A new form of slavery

Promising prison plan: Officials should sign on
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Transition process must be more thoughtful

Safe and sound prison supervision

State's underfunded prisons make escapes easier, chief says


May 24

'I'm in my cell, the door bangs shut, the key turns'

Prison Guard Charged with 22 Counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault

270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push

Amid cuts in programs, inmates attain diplomas
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California Supreme Court denies death row inmate's request for DNA testing
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Multiple missteps in life of inmate

Prison didn't aid dying inmate: Report
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May 23

Man freed after 26 years behind bars in rape
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Exonerations Continue Across the Country -- But are Innocent Prisoners Ever Truly Free?

We are being starved, say prisoners


May 22

OC Sheriff Wants To Release Inmates Early

Governor Riley Asks Churches to Help Recently Released Inmates

Deputies train to check inmates' immigration status

Baby prison bill passes reading

Prison guards watched native bleed to death
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Enrolled in a school of hard time

Senator urges sparing use of prison
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Federal appeals court rejects Georgia death sentence challenge

Federal Negotiators Propose Plan To Reduce Prison Overcrowding
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Prisons--A new form of slavery

15 new prisons to solve inmate overpopulation problem in Peru

Overhaul of state's juvenile prisons approved

No definite word on prisons in budget talks

Prisons inquiry: Time to end the soft option

Prisoners to chat to lawyers via webcam

County jails face cuts in payments for state prisoners


May 21

16 Inmates Earn Their GED While Serving Time

After nearly 26 years in prison, man to go free in rape case
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Around the Rock, students protest harshness of American prisons

Stamp out tobacco use at Georgia's prisons

Build More Prisons?

Voices of Justice Now: Prisons are bad for everyone.

Voices of Justice Now: Why is the search still on for "better" punishment?

Ala. summit seeks to help ex-cons
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NC House committee backs plan to release some sick prisoners
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Former Prisoner Credits Program with Helping Him Turn His Life Around


May 20

Colorado inmates access the Web through second-hand sites

Sheriff accused of sex with inmates faces ouster

Many Alabama sheriffs profit on cheap inmate food

Fewer parolees sent back to prison
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Ex-offenders given a second chance

Voices of Justice Now: Sterilization in the Prisons

Schumer: Overcrowding danger at NY federal prisons
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Donovan Inmates Enrolled In Prisoner Re-Entry Program

Settlement plan offers prison alternatives
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May 19

Inmates do the cooking

Release of Medically Incapacitated Inmates Could Save California Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions in a Time of Budget Crisis

An alternative to jail: Inmates work off fines

Lawsuits dismissed as fast as inmates can file them
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Courts, prisons fail in treatment, intervention for mentally disordered

Complete study, plan needed before closing prisons

Changing needs of prisoners helps put nurses behind bars

Older Prisoners


May 18

Juvenile jails crisis: inmates turned away

Tears flow as inmates and families meet

Their prison songs are songs of joy

In state's prisons, inmates can eat vegetarian

Inmate is off the streets, on the way to a better life

The path to a better life was on the Internet

Prisons struggle to keep up

Legislators looking for solution to growing prison population
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We don’t need new committee, just act on Awori’s prison report

Prisons: A mother's pain that was too much to bear

Till proved innocent

Zen toolbox offers path to peace for prisoners


May 17

Nevada rule protects inmates' babies

Prisoners happy to do time in the smokehouse

Learning behind bars

Judy Jackson looks forward to prison teaching role

UCU: Private company pulls the plug on prison education in face of financial loss
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Jail inmates on learning curve to teach peers

Food fiasco costs inmates, taxpayers

Crane questions safety of inmates on cleanup

Legislators seek fix for packed prisons

Prisons relooks at rehabilitation programs

Jail women only as last resort – MP

CBI Report Encourages New PFI Prisons
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Electric Chair, Prison Artifacts On Display At New Museum
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May 16

James E. Tilton: Investing in prison reform pays in safety

Prison Inmates Could Be Put To Work In Construction

Report from Inside the Prison Walls

Inmates held past release date due to computer problems

Prison Inmates Assist Low-Income Families

Inmates showcase designs at prison show

Are some grand juries too friendly?

Jail officials see more inmate violence

Prisons watchdog attacks closure
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Michigan fugitive re-enters criminal warehousing system

We know our prisons are overcrowded, you can help curb the trend

We should be investing more in higher ed than prisons

Prisons relooks at rehabilitation programs

Why Mexican Justice is a Euphemism

Hawaii prisoners say they want to stay in Kentucky

No Sex Change For Prisoner

Inmate wins right to teach karate in jail

Death row prisoner's mother became his crusader


May 14

Inmates could help keep Island pristine: MLA
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Rights violated at jail, feds say

Sheriff asks to release inmates early

Prison considers taping visits with inmates

State's prisons over budget
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Those who inspect are also listening

A new voice in the criminal justice debate

Insider Art

Fugitive mom back behind bars in Michigan
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Many inmates in state suffer greater injustices than LeFevre


May 13

Bingham County Inmates Clean Up Roads

Inmates Help to "Gentle" Horses

Growing Georgia prison costs strain budget

Lean times all around, but Florida prisons are booming

Inmates say prison food made them sick

FG Begins Decongestion of Prisons

Mass. prisons allow publisher to distribute books

Huge cost to taxpayer of prisons crisis

Doctor says sodomy rife in prisons
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8th Circuit calls for review of Ark. inmate's isolation

Spence stands by Bill to stop frivolous complaints from prisoners

Pagan Prisoners in Britain Granted Right to Carry ‘Magic Wands’

'Inhumane' treatment of prisoners: psychiatrists


May 12

Group vows more help for children of inmates

Program Reunites Inmates With Children

Child inmates sit exams behind bars

States seek ways to free up funds locked in prisons

Cost of prisons keeps climbing
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Lawsuits raise questions about private prisons

Indiana Program Allows Newborns To Stay With Inmate Moms
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From jail to a job: One mother's quest to keep her baby

Stevens: Horses die better than condemned

Gilani wants improved facilities for jail inmates


May 11

Inmates prepare for outside by training wild horses

Women's Re-Entry Network helps ex-inmates reconnect with kids

Sick inmates suffer as jails lack docs

Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond

Fewer experienced guards in prisons

Make education, not prisons, a priority

Despite exemption, prisons to ban smoking

Revealed: Shocking details of the humanitarian crisis in Kenyan prisons
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Humanitarian disaster behind the prison crisis

Inmate files suit against new plan for death penalty

Culver signs bill for new prison

Prison chief opposes sex change

Minneapolis wants new deal for prisoner jail fees

Innocent prisoner makes complaint

Art unlocks the door


May 10

Fame found artist Alfredo Santos, but not wealth

Exonerated inmates urge criminal justice changes in Texas

Wyoming sends minimum-security inmates to maximum-security prison

Rock County allows inmates to work off sentences

Third suit filed about suicides in prisons
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Iowa's prisons don't need more beds

Scottish Government responds to prisons report

Iowa prisons to ban smoking
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Pontiac residents worried about economic effect of prison closing

Lawmakers call for halt to prison closings
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Gov. says stopping prison closings would hurt efforts to save money

Culver signs bill funding new prison in Fort Madison

Electronic tag plan for early release prisoners


May 9

Vyachaslau Siuchyk: “Cattle is kept in better conditions than inmates in Staryja Darohi prison”

Montgomery County inmates don't serve full sentence

Prisons union defends action

Ministers told: plan for packed prisons
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Expanding prisons won't cut crime, group says

Prisons boss hails murder convicts

Prisons help inmates' babies
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Prison toilets are 'unacceptable'
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Texas: Prison Settlement Approved
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Show leniency to Michigan prison escapee
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Straw to address prison officers

Letting prisoners out early to save money is not the answer


May 8

The gatekeepers

From inmates to soul mates

Women inmates give pups a second chance

Texas psychoprisons

Packed Prisons

Jail guard sentenced for sexually assaulting inmate

Guard accused of having sex with inmate

Corrections Corp. rises on 1Q results and prison expansion
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Looking back in anger: why prison didn't work out

Prison officers vote over pay row

Beck Says Prisoners Could Be Housed In Old School


May 7

Poetry and history for hard men

Inmates need money for new worship building

Inmates to play cards while solving crimes

Taxpayers the losers on jail dispute

Wanted: Isolation cell for county inmates

Executions Resume Today, Death Penalty Still Cruel and Unusual

Death Row Inmates Plead for Humanity

Harris Co. to send inmates to Louisiana
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Pontiac prison targeted for closure
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Kenya: Prisons System Needs Urgent Changes

Smoking ban to be phased in at Canadian prisons; starts now at max security jails
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Packed Prisons Prompt Early Inmate Release In U.S.

Freed death row inmate wants police, lawyers punished

Florida Back To The Future: Build Prisons, Cut Schools

Calif. Supreme Court overturns death sentence
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A death sentence voided


May 6

U.S. Prison Policy Needs Reform

Prisoners shown way out

Prisoners in service of common man

Prisoners paint their despair

Slain prisoner's family wants answers

Another example of poorly managed prisoners
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Lawsuits raise questions about private prisons

Malawi's prisoners’ rights still poor, says Britain

Tough-on-crime policies ineffective, U.S. sentencing expert contends

Hundreds spared jail as prisons overflow

Close Hospitals? Why not Close Prisons Instead!

Fiscal Pressures Lead Some States to Free Inmates Early
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Overly populated prisons result of politics

Keep the court's oversight on prisons


May 5

DNA Helps Free Inmate After 27 Years
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Health Care in Briman Prison Set to Improve

Buddy Moorehouse: Should this woman be in prison?
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Prisoners in Sindh to get education, says minister

Hope for prisoners facing death row in India
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Hardin legal team finds evidence for out-of-state prisoners at Montana jails

Prisoners making good

Bordelais deputy director says inmates improving on skills

Inmates in two states have dates with executioner


May 3

Packed prisons told to ignore safety rules

State Seeks Volunteers To Work In Prisons

Recidivism: The point of no return

Draconian jail terms a misguided concept

Slavery and Involuntary Servitude

Our Opinion: 'Parallel universe' can improve life after prison

Diplomas awarded to Yolo inmates

Volunteer gives inmates second and third chances

Report: Mass. inmates return to jail less often

Deputy accused of inmate sex
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Judge issues longest prison sentence in history of Scottish courts
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May 2

Convicted Killer Skakel Participates In Prison Arts Program
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Elmer Smith: Prison overcrowding: It's legal, but not humane

Study: Mental illness affects 90 percent of Iowa inmates

Union calls for removal of mental health unit at prison

Editorial: Delco Prison

Have Corrupt Officers Taken Over Local Prison?

Ex-prison official indicted in sex case

Program mended inmates' families until funding ran out

Inmates hoping to go out with someone special

TCI officer accused of sexually assaulting inmates
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Anger at cuffing pregnant inmates

Scouts & Inmates Plant Trees

Will cards for inmates solve crimes?

Hay Festival heads behind bars to unlock inmates’ minds

Money for prisons, cuts for schools

Lawmakers agree to restructure prisons
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Overcrowded prisons 'unable to function'
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Kenya: Private Jailers Could Help Ease the Crisis Facing Prison System

Inmate Fire Crews Train for the Big One


May 1

San Diego woman arrested 32 years after escaping prison
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Death Row Rodeo: the Louisiana prison miracle

Prison population more than doubles
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Jail population falls by 5pc

Doubling of prisoners in overcrowded conditions since 1997 - Willott

Study: Fewer Mass. prisoners returning to jail after release
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First Voucher Released in Bend, Oregon Through Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program

4 condemned Texas prisoners lose appeals

Brown halts prisoner pay rise
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Crime doesn't pay

The Big Question: How much do prisoners earn, and why was their pay rise blocked?

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