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 December 2004
Jon Yoder - News Editor

News You Can Use

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December 31

 Prison plagued by racial hatred

Margaret Currie honoured for work in Mongolian prisons

Fury over drug use in prisons

Majority of prisoners take drugs in jail

Prisoners allege three going into two-man cell, among many problems

December 30

 Catholic Archbishop donates to prisons

Nevada prison guard files federal lawsuit alleging racial bias

Mothers, Wives Of Religious And Political Prisoners Face Challenges With Strength

Prisoners join in relief work, help build coffins

Conservatives and Liberals Join Hands to Protect Prisoners' Rights to Religion

Gov. mulls clemency for inmates

Departments join hands to help inmates at Boys Prison

December 29

 Nun makes passionate case for pardon of Missouri prisoner

Prison riot deaths mar Haitian government

2004 11 Women Prisoners and HIV/AIDS

Gov. tackles inmates' petitions

Carrying banner for inmate rights: Austin woman is picked to lead ACLU jail project

December 28

 State should reconsider ban on ex-inmate work at CNH

ZIMBABWE: Concern over conditions in prisons

Why some politicians need their prisons to stay full

December 27

 Jackson urges inmates to shun life of crime

Four die in Venezuela prison riots

Inmates reach out to troubled youths

After 11 years in prison, cleared man waits for justice

December 26

 Inmates donate food

Ministry baptises inmates

Matthew House opens its arms to prison families

Christmas in the can: How do inmates spend Dec. 25?

December 25

 Jail guards fired for relationships with inmates

Governor reduces some inmates' sentences

Warden looking into inmate's claim guards assaulted him

Inmates put together Christmas stockings for needy children

Bishops increase criticism of prisons, stress rehabilitation

Scope of sex offender law is broad, court rules

December 23

 Inmates pitch in for toy drive

Inmates, families bond with books

Gifts bought for children of inmates

Inmate goes free 17 years after false rape conviction

NAACP wants judge off bench for alleged assault of inmate

Second officer fired for alleged relationship with inmate

Businesses win 'permanent fix' of inmate-labor contracting

Appeals court rules challenge to restrictions on inmate subscriptions

Three prison officials fired for transporting naked inmate

December 22

 Israel’s barrier turned Bethlehem into a “giant prison”

Older inmates' health problems a rising concern for state

Inmates get sentence reduction

Prisons Service staff arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from inmates

Popcru launches campaign on safety of prisons

Prisons Service officers arrested for taking bribes

Stanbic Bank Donates 10 Computers to Prisons

December 21

 Prisons continue to overflow with inmates

To hell and back; ex-prisoner tells tale of horror

Inmates donate toys for needy children

Peltier Seeks to Correct Illegal Sentence

Christmas party held for inmate's children

Former jail supervisor gets probation in inmate beating

Report finds officer used unjustified force against prison inmate

December 20

 Former jail supervisor gets probation in inmate beating

Report finds officer used unjustified force against prison inmate

Christmas party held for inmate's children

Program is designed to keep

Missouri's prisons have a pattern of sex harrassment, ex-workers say

Prison rioters accuse police of mass killing

Officials look for ways to offset growing prison populations, recidivism

UC Law Students Help 25-Year Prisoner Win Release

Prisoner to receive $1,500 over guards’ restraint

Misuse of inmate labor backfires

Another Voice: Prisons cost money

Honduras prison chief sentenced for inmate deaths in riot

4 inmates and 4 guards die in prison attack

The Cost of Incarceration in Contemporary California

Health and Social Costs for Ex-prisoners

December 18

 Prisoners tell of racial abuse

Jailer fired after accusations of sex with inmate

A System Bereft of Justice

How Thuggish Federal Prosecutors Destroyed My Family

December 17

 CA prisons deficit soars past $200 million

Party’s over for lifers: Prisons ban cons’ Christmas banquets

Inmates to be urged to 'use' their time inside

Court throws out 12-year state prison sentence in Colorado's largest wildfire

Death row inmate may be mentally ill, attorneys argue

Family sues, says inmate was over-medicated

County may hire firm for inmate complaints

Mental hospital 'is like Prisoner Cell Block H'

December 16

 Breaking the tedium for prisoners

Family wins inquiry into killing of prisoner son

Angel Tree Shows Christ's Love to Inmates and Their Kids

Courts, Prisons Can Do Better

December 15

 MPs blame prison conditions as toll of jail suicides reaches 93

Black inmate testifies about attack by white supremacist inmate

Ailing inmate released from Northampton prison

Jail System 'Neglecting Older Prisoners'

The Mullahs' Killing Fields

Metro Council members help fill Santa's toy bag for inmates' kids

Arizona prisons focusing on rehab

December 14

 State prisons trim female inmates’ food intake

State seeks to terminate inmate work program

Prison Doctor Told Inmate How to Commit Suicide

Inmate suicides increasing

December 13

 Woman's ordeal in Mexican prison over

Prison grads learn sense of purpose with faith-based diploma

Inmates' children get bit of cheer

I feel brand-new'

Kenya sets free 7,000 prisoners

December 12

 Mentoring plan helps prisoners' children

Prisoners warn students about making bad choices

Inmates celebrate degrees

Program targets inmates' kids

Guard charged with violating prisoner's civil rights

Man free after 12 years in prison for wrongful conviction

Prisoner convinces Oregon Supreme Court to overturn death sentence three times

Guard fired for sex with inmate

Prisoner Of Conscience Remembered On Human Rights Day

Inmate sues, says prison guard choked him

Inmates riot at private prison

Inmates learn skills, provide poinsettias for state offices

Inmates hope to build life together

Supreme Court to review 'Supermax' prisons

December 10

 Prisoners treated me well

State works to help mentally ill prisoners

Fears for inmates' children

Judge files motions to free inmates who hit time limit

180 prison visitors hostages in Ecuador

Growing Muslim Prison Population Poses Huge Risks

State eases felons' burden

Inmate author given parole

State of Prisons Is A Scandal, Say Bishops

December 9

 Another View: A Christmas party for inmates is not a useless frivolity

Christmas tapes allow inmates time with kids

Cherie's plea for jailed parents

WB govt planning to free inmates aged 70 years, above

Group looks to improve jail inmates' health

Most death-row inmates lived

Prisoner Abuse

New York State Votes to Reduce Drug Sentences

December 8

 Prisons Takes the Smart Option

Justices hear inmate’s jury-pool bias claim

Inmates celebrate Christmas With Friends

nmates break out a cookbook

Mandela's prison letters unearthed

High court won't hear Michigan prison workers' appeal

December 7

 Prisoners (Top 100 Countries)

Inmate wins effort for religious garment, food

Sex, drug crimes driving up prison population

‘Nation’s Cheapest Prisons’ another honor we could do without

Watchdog group focuses on Native American prisoners

Feds looking for new halfway house for prisoners

Iowa, Ohio prisons see inmate suicide spike

Unwanted dogs find inmate friends

Inmate calls jail's telephone rates price-gouging

Freed from prison, Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivero ponders future

Fewer inmates, not just more jails

Families Say Jail Doesn't Feed Inmates Enough

Disease, Overcrowding Raging in Jailhouses

December 6

 Plan to hike prison phone costs dropped

Inmates get fresh air; city saves money

Conference Tackles Revolving Door of Prison

Inamte claims jail bias

Inmate wins effort for religious garment, food

Prisons remain unsafe, guards say

Department to tackle Aids problem in prisons

Violent video games pulled from prisons

Sanctioned abuse within prisons

Marjie Lundstrom: Most death-row inmates lived lives nothing like Peterson's

Inmate claims jail bias

Inmate awarded guard's beach house - state also must pay to settle suit over alleged rape

Women on Death Row Suffer Harsher Conditions than Male Inmates/a>

 Ex-prison worker sentenced for having sex with inmates

Prisons remain unsafe, guards say

Hospital Cited In Case of Quadriplegic Inmate Who Died

Independent prison watchdog group reaches 160

Sanctioned abuse within prisons

Hip-hop group takes message to the prisons

Department to tackle Aids problem in prisons

December 3

 Under Color of Law

Fired Barnes County jailer accused of abusing female inmate

Inmates die in Haiti prison riot

Congressmembers to meet with ex-prisoners Friday in Oakland

Prisoner runs for president

Felons freed from jail could get more help

December 2

 Courts to Blame for Congestion in Prisons

Over 312 Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli jails: report

State loosens rules on inmate reading material

December 1

 New parole program at prison

International Prisoners for Peace Day

Local man's ministry reaches out to inmates

GED classes transform inmates into students

Project to assist recently released inmates
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