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June 30

Inmate Who Testified In Murder Donates Reward To Charity
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Counties hoping to recoup inmates' health expenses

Help for suicidal prisoners

Now, a computer system that predicts fate of death row inmates

WA, Colvilles agree on inmate funeral leave

Dane County expands home monitoring of inmates

Prison: Treatment, not prison

Long Island native draws eyes to life after prison
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June 29

Family of dead inmate seeks to have him cleared

Female prisoners hit record high

"My Families All Gone" Says Former Prisoner

Inmates face excessive torture

Positive inmates programme to contribute to national efforts to address crime

Immigration screening of jail inmates increases

Jail charging inmates for their board and room
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Prisons I have known

Non-convicts unfit for prisons

Just filling prisons won't make us safer

Dispute over California prison crowding to go to trial
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June 28

Warwick University law students to visit death row prisoners

Don't get soft - these prisoners are criminals

Rehab project for prisoners launched
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Jail art connects

Inmates clear beetle-killed timber
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Could The State Have Kept Inmate Kevin Cales Alive?

Inmates provide positive service cleaning up community

After 36 Years in Solitary, Prisoner's Conviction Could Be Overturned
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Dallas County exonerates 18th prisoner after DNA testing
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Delay of DNA tests helped guilty go free

Former Dallas County DA Bill Hill not looking too good in hindsight

Viewpoint: Prisons, county jails serve different roles

Re-Entry Programs Help Prisons
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Prison ombudsman quits due to "unacceptable" Prison Service
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Violence in prisons down

Prisons - Dental care – Preliminary injunction

Prison restructuring begins July 1


June 27

Prison must lead to work, say Ministers

'The mad and the bad'

Our Prisons Are No Bargain

Sierra Leone: Kenema Gets Standard Female Prisons

Proposed Prison to House Criminally Insane Inmates

Is Feeding Inmates Too Expensive?

Inmates to enjoy conjugal rights in prison

Regional Justice Center survey: 1.6 percent of inmates report sexual victimization


June 26

Report: Missouri alone in steady inmate decline

Consumer groups file super-complaint with Ofcom over prison phone charges

Doing time on the telephone

Indiana's prisons chief leaving for Kentucky job

Prisons should seek savings on food costs
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Therapy for inmates recommended

Students, state say job training for inmates is a success

Marni Soupcoff on how Michelin would rank the Dallas County Jail


June 25

Pike County collects millions for housing federal prisoners

Courthouse cells too small in Nueces County

Therapy for inmates recommended
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Insiders on why greater awareness and better funding would benefit prisoners as well as the wider community

Prison phone calls "too expensive"
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Inmate-actors find purpose in jail theater performance
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Graduation honors inmates’ accomplishments

Inmates’ kids picture better lives
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Inmates rate Dallas County jail on Web site

BT criticised for cost of jail phone calls

Decatur to host conference detailing Illinois prison closures

Taste-Testing Nutraloaf
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June 24

Prisoners charged 'extortionate' rates to call their families
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Prison bus killer judged too dangerous for mental facility

Florida's Growing Inmate Population

Getting inmates on the right track

Waiawa Correctional Facility Offers Inmates Renewed Hope

Lucknow to have biggest jail in world

Govt failing to deal with problem of drugs in prison
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No new prisons despite stricter laws
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Turn prisons into places of learning


June 23

Prisoners learn from each other

San Diego jail's prisoner-lawyer calls recorded
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Prison now a stopover

DOCS To Open New Inmate Intake Centers

Leave no one behind

Inmates help clean up in Moscow

Getting inmates on the right track
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FYI: State follows strict procedure with the remains of executed inmates

Inmates seeing rehabilitation, face to faith

Inmates work for society, selves

L.A. County jails to expand immigration screening
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20 state correctional staff employees have been charged in assaulting inmates

Prisons help inmates to be better fathers
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Harrison wrong on prisons


June 22

More space for state prisoners
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Prison population hits record high
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Onward and Ever Upward — But Not in a Good Way

Liberalism likes victimization narratives
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Stance on prisons draws protest

State officials want better tracking of illegal immigrants in prisons
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Overcrowding at the jail

Education helping put inmates back on track

California Men's Colony inmates reunited with their children for one day

Butler County Lets Inmates Train Dogs
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Magistrate rules against Indian prison claims

Web site offers future inmates a look at Harris lockup

Court held in jailhouse; inmates stay behind bars


June 21

Less abuse, more sex, rioting Paraguayan prisoners demand
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How to Complicate Habeas Corpus

Priority care for prisoners, White says

State inmate dies without new trial
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Auditors recommend inmate fees at jail

Prison boss opposes release of ailing ex-Manson follower

Ronald Taylor says pardon brings new meaning to life
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Inmates released if dying

Va. gov: Stop leasing prison space to other states

Inmates don‘t deserve privileges – committee
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Handicrafts prepared by inmates on display

Warren County Inmates Working For A Second Chance

Coordinator honored for work counseling inmates

Prairie du Chien inmates help clean up flood-ravaged areas


June 20

Founded in Keystone Heights, KAIROS ministers in prisons

Prisons Department asks govt to pardon one-fifth prisoners?

Support on release for paroled prisoners

Mega Millions winner doesn't owe state any money
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Release of brain-damaged inmate in costly care debated

No arm-twisting -- and inmates give

Kaine: No more inmates from out of state
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Gallatin County sheriff won't send inmates to Hardin jail

Inmates pitch in for victims of flooding

Five-year strategy that could change the face of prisons

Pills and porridge: prisons in crisis as struggling pensioners turn to crime

Suleja Prisons, Where Baby Sins for Mum
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State Prisons Prepare for Integrated Housing

Mandatory sentences blamed for boom in cost of prisons

Senate rejects ban on certain inmates in private prisons

'Sex and the Prisons' gets rise out of MPs
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Prisons system ordered to provide vegan meals to inmate


June 19

Jail is no place for the average prisoner

Undocumented prison inmates costing state

Old Nevada prison may close

Call for review of prison medication

Inmate medical facility planned for Ventura County

Graduation day at Rikers Island: Inmates get GEDs, and a ray of hope

Cold case playing cards being dealt to Erie County inmates

Inmates say fighting fires lets them give back to community

Building more prisons not the answer, Florida Department of Corrections chief says

Budget writer: SC prison finances mismanaged

Health care crisis 'runs deep' in Canada's prisons: AIDS activist

Montgomery’s inmate population returns to historic level of 2006

Officials seek solution to crowded prisons, want to offer credits for in-home detention

California prisons receiver says he needs $7 billion now for healthcare


June 18

Call to do more for women prisoners

Prisoner settles with Suffolk in beating lawsuit

NC Senate agrees to illegal immigrant prisoner bill

Lawsuit: Prisoner accuses officer of sexual misconduct

Wyoming DOC extends prison health care contract

Lawmakers fighting to save prison

Ex-Inmate Has Dream To Own A Hot Dog Truck

Teaching the juveniles at prison integrity schools

Michigan can't afford to lock so much money into prisons

Feds deport more felons from Georgia prisons

Smoking ban has its problems in W.Va. prisons

HIV education championed to stem prison epidemic

California Prisons Cease 'Dental Clearance' Policy for Female Inmates

Hundreds Of Kentucky Inmates Receive Early Release From Prison
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N.Y. county jail may get federal inmates

Toughest sheriff in US vows no let up in immigration fight
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Three prisoners hanged in Japan
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Former youth prison to be medical center for adult prisoners

Prisoner honoured for AIDS education
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Inmate on death row 32 years wins at Supreme Court

Frederick inmate center needs newer computers

Guards accused of using inmate food as toilet

Now Joe O'Reilly enrols in ethics degree

Saving money for prisons

Programs tackle felon rehabilitation

Canadian inmates face new delays in returning

Services improve for pregnant County Jail inmates

New law pushes inmates toward GED diplomas

County Jails Use Inmate Labor For Litter Duty

High court allows former inmate to sue Corrections

Many inmates graduate from PCC

15 inmates awaiting DNA test results

Inmates' artwork on display at USM-H

ACLU files suit against Texas juvenile prison system, alleges inmate abuse
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Inmates, violence on rise in two jails

Prison University - Enrolling California Students Now

Detainee in srinagar jail educates fellow prisoners

Condoms, spousal sex urged to prevent HIV in Caribbean jails

Laws will push teenagers into adult prisons

Let nonviolent prisoners out

Epidemic overpopulation in Okla. prisons

Powering state pens: California prisons put solar energy on the front burner

California inmate healthcare needs $7 billion reform: prison receiver

Shock Incarceration in New York — Focus on Treatment


June 11

Prison bill would release some inmates to feds
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Prosecutor: Vick state dogfighting trial can wait

NY court: Small amount of marijuana in prison not a felony

College confers 155 degrees on inmates

Inmate Guilty in Killing on Bus But Not Criminally Responsible
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Kennebec Sheriff’s Office expanding Inmate Garden Program

Judge upholds lethal injection — with a caveat
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Wash AG says felons have no right to public records
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Inmates Running for Cancer Awareness and Research

Court receiver asks Schwarzenegger to improve Calif. prisons
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Proposal to establish three new prisons, says Jakhrani

Epidemic overpopulation in Okla. prisons

Prisons full in Guyana

Solutions for crowded prisons | Alternative sentencing gaining momentum

Call to re-think prison programme

Levin: Getting more out of Texas prisons


June 10

Prisoners 'need work experience'
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Prison costs targeted

Schwarzenegger urged to end deadlock over California prison hospitals
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Parameters of county inmate work program up for discussion

CPK inmates put their lives on canvas
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County may extend deadline on removing cities' inmates

County jail program focuses on female inmates

County farm supplements inmates’ meals

New measures to ease overcrowd in prisons

Schools vs. prisons: spend money now or spend it later

Verdict for man, system
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Prisons: Farm offers way to cut down time and food costs


June 9

What is in the lethal injection used to execute prisoners?

Treatment, or shadow prison system?
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Demand for kosher cuisine swells ranks of Jewish prison chaplains in U.S.

Prison drugs crisis is 'out of control'

Prison Population Hurts State Budgets
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Prison numbers hit new high in U.S.: HRW
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Former prison chaplain drawn to prisoners' art

Eau Claire County jail inmate education program threatened

Remand inmate numbers rising, report says

Law firm steps up to remedy injustice


June 8

Program Aims To Keep Ex-Inmates Free

Young offenders are lending an ear to their fellow inmates

County offers to extend deadline on booting city inmates

Reconstructing inmates lifes

Law could set some inmates free early

Not everyone behind bill to release some terminally ill inmates

Prisons consider new cost-saving release policy

Religion booms at Kingman prison

Editorial: Prison should include rehabilitation, punishment

Revealed: how drugs trade took hold of British prisons
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Job Fair For Ex-Inmates Draws Thousands

Swiss inmates allowed to watch European Championship - if they're good

County seeks to help inmates with mental illnesses

Prisons might be affecting job stats

Twice the punishment

More prisons is the only answer to issue of crime

Hair styling lessons for Delhi jail inmates

Need for reformation of prisons and police


June 7

Fair dealing behind bars

Arizona has returned most inmates from Indiana prison

Judge: Mont. jail can take out-of-state inmates

Kabankalan inmates keep themselves busy earning money

Inmates affected by mental illness

Fruits of parish inmates' labors will go to Cenla food charities

Do reform the justice system

Women in Prisons chief laments slow progress on female offenders

Giant prisons will be overcrowded as soon as open
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June 6

Where crime is considered history

Prisoners 'scared of violence'

Prisoner driven 120 miles to avoid walking 200 yards between courts - to protect his human rights
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Details of 'Titan' jails unveiled
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Angola arts program Saturday

Tampa attorney says bad lawyering got teen 30 years in prison


June 5

Hardened criminals - Inmates return to society more vicious

Inmates grow cockroaches to feed natives

Ruling favors governor on prison transfers
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State OKs changes for juvenile parole violators
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Missouri's success in prisoner re-entry shows in the numbers

Children pay the price of our addiction to prisons

Judge: Wisconsin inmates must be allowed to read newsletter

AIDS Education Month begins by saluting effort to solve prison condom problem

Bill to let chief of La. prisons free dying inmates advances

Inmates to clean city roads

SC House could debate DNA testing bill for inmates
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Ashok Kumar: Liberal supervisors block aid to poor inmates


June 4

Releasing prisoners early makes prisons safer

After Settling Kosher Food Suit, California Prisons Get an Influx of Jewish Chaplains

Crime soars but jail is not the answer, says MacAskill
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Prisons labelled 'costly B&Bs'

N.C. prison officials want right to house some sex offenders in hotels

Packaging Educational Hope for Forgotten Inmates

Referee plan to cut state prison overcrowding

Editorial: State Legislature, governor created mess with prisons


June 3

Prison bakery provides inmates with bread of life on the outside

Clock ticking on crowded Calif. prisons

Care provision fails prisoners

Prisoners 'spend too long in cells'
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Inmate at Larned claims harassment

Inmates need more than a 'Good luck'

Davidson County: Sending money to inmates gets easier

Ky. releases 75 inmates as part of program

Bill would free some terminally ill inmates

Some Texas inmates can now receive e-mails
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Kids' care belongs to parents, not prisons

Move mentally ill from Supermax

Ron Jackson's view: Schools, not prisons, need reform

Advocates push judge to take over youth prisons


June 1

Warden of prison targeted for closure gets new job

Va. to Rent Out Prison Beds Even as Inmates Wait for Space

At almost 85, Arts in Prison founder looks to her next career

Legislature passes bill to release some terminally ill prisoners
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Jails crowded seven times more than actual capacity

Smoking relaxes female prisoners, but many want to quit

Bid to oust Prisoner Review Board member fails

‘Criminal aliens’ in Oregon prisons cost state millions

Prison Puppies
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Judges allow 30 days more for negotiations in prison crowding case

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