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 February 2004

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State Offers Prison Guard Plan

Prisoner sues over jail slip

Tennessee firm offers to take inmates

Ex-prisons chief surprised by criticism

Three Strikes law appears to have met goal

Elderly inmates swell Florida prisons, fuel rising health costs

Don't skimp on prisons, Owens says

Majority of TN women prisoners under preventive detention

Virginia to end prison contract with Connecticut one year early

Prison board agrees to allow media access to county jail

National Committed To Private Prisons

Blanco reappoints prisons chief without panel recommendation

Judges now hesitant to put kids in state juvenile prisons

Prisons department sued once for Aids

Telemarketing may be made for prisoners

Federal Prisoners Stealing Jobs

Best Prison Reform: Privatization

Thanks to Awori, Prisons Might Soon Be Like Hotels

New prisons to boost capacity

Prisons chief urges alternate sentencing to relieve inmate crowding

Argall introduces bill calling for staff increases at state prisons

Sheriffs Angered by Bredesen Proposal to Cut Prisoner Payments

Scathing report on prison health care still not out

Prisoner Solidarity - Miami Style

New Crime Library: Prisoner DNA to go on file

Prison's drugs and rat problems

Companies take call centers to prisons

More prisoners in N.D. being paroled

Off the floor and out of county: Sending prisoners away may cost up to $72,000

Prisoners deserve help not harm

Order Without Law

Prison population hits new high

Report: Sex and violence plague prison for girls

DeWeese bill calls for more guards in crowed state prisons

No swimming pools for prisons, after all

Pennsylvania's booming prisons reflect policy driven by politics, not good sense

State says it needs 2 new prisons

Random searches decline in city prisons

Prisoners go to ConCourt

Felons Appeal to Lawmakers for Improved Voting Rights

The Fight To Vote

Woman Warder Quits over 'Relationship with Prisoner'

U.S. Marshals blamed for poor prisoner health care

Prison Manager's Resignation Regrettable

Voices to the prison

A good start for prison reform

Female Medical Workers Withdraw Services At Kirikiri Prisons Over Rape Threats

Prison works, so build more prisons

Group works to bring literature into prisons

Promise of swimming pool – for prisoners

Faith-based program here will aid kids of prisoners

Transfer of state's prisoners would do more harm than good

Death Row Prisoner Has Water Turned Off in Strip Cell for 5 Days

Sonoma County native new boss of state prisons

Editorial: Prisons busting budgets

Ariz. to send prisoners to Okla., Texas to relieve overcrowding

Violence, despair prisons' lessons for Calif. youths

Prisons Looking for Space

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Suit blames sheriff for prisoner's death

Diary Of A Prisoner

Too much risk in prison plan: Relaxing sentencing guidelines, as governor asks, not worth savings

Fond du Lac man sentenced under ‘Two Strikes’ legislation

Drug court may provide alternative to prison

Prison opens cell doors for out-of-county inmates

Prison upgrades delayed

Overcrowded — Report sees trouble at Franklin County Prison

Plan to close Chillicothe prison hits community hard

Aliceville warms to federal prison proposal, hoping for jobs

Media hoping governor will loosen prison interview restrictions

State budget again ignores Rushville's youth prison

Official discusses minorities in state prisons

County may pull young prisoners

Prisoners Becoming Full-Time Artists

Prisoners to be tagged

Old Bailey Prisoners 'Too Cold for Strip Search'

Rapist reveals his own prison rape hell

Prison Problems Lead to Shouting Match

Prison 'exceeding capacity'

Private prisons a "claw in the door"

Prisoners to tidy up city centre

Prisoners stage musical show

The cost of housing a prisoner awaiting trial can be expensive for counties

State imposing restrictions on prisoner advocacy group

Prisoners face new 'death sentence'

Doubts raised over plans to stop prisoners voting

Prisoner advocacy group's access curtailed at prisons

Prisoners Protest Ban on Dumbbells

Prison numbers hit all-time high

Pacific Community Dismayed Over Govt's Prison Plan

Design of Prisons Not Gender Sensitive

State prison inmates threaten boycott of new heart-healthy food

Review urged in 1994 prison death

CLO Blames Death of Ikoyi Prison Inmate On Unnecessary Detention

Prison inmates threaten to riot after hot water cut off

Va. prisons tight, getting tighter

'Untried prisoners are vulnerable to abuse'

Victims to have say in prisoners' parole

Budget allots $5.9M to treat prisoners

SC takes notice of prisoners' plight, orders jail reforms

Former Prisoner Sues System For Failing To Treat Cancer

Brutality, corruption mark California prison system

Ex-prison chef book details last meals

Dismal California Prisons Hold Juvenile Offenders

Prisons bring mill city's release

Why can't prisons, guards be role models?

Blunkett 'not fit to head prisons'

In prison 13 years for murder, freed man sues the city

Prison guards tell panel it's hard to be safe

Prison drama turns partisan

Prison conditions under scrutiny

Juveniles kept from abusive prisons

Governor faces crisis in prisons

Alarm over trebling of prisoners at suicide risk

Call for probe as prisoner numbers reach record high

Prisoners' case back in High Court

Self-harm soars among prisoners

Menard prisoners face new obstacle to marriage

Over 180 000 languish in SA prisons

Prisons No Place For the Mentally Ill

Gang activity in prisons out of control

Dealing With Overflowing Prisons

Food loaf' on menu for prisoners who misbehave

Ex-Prisoner Calls for Prison Decongestion

Schwarzenegger Deals With Prison Crisis

Overcrowding at Prison Hits Record High

Two prison closings planned

Prison hiring defied budget

Anger as brain-damaged teen held in prison

Corrections director tells panel of prison problems statewide

Inmate number rise daunts prisons

Prisons Boss Urges Lagos CJ to Decongest Kirikiri Prisons

Prisoners due a refund

Women's minimum-security prison to be closed, prisoners moved to Ypsilanti

Lingle wants $2 million for prisoners

Livingston to pay $850,000 to settle jail lawsuit

Specialized treatment could help some prisoners more than incarceration

Gov. Judy Martz praised corrections officials Tuesday for trying to stem prisoner suicides

Prisons still apply 'sodomy' rape, commission hears

NNP: Overcrowding in prisons should be addressed

Health experts look to prisons to help stem the spread of AIDS

'Total Confinement' Paints Portrait of Life Inside Maximum Security Prisons

Reeves reaches agreement with prison bureau

Rape is common, says prison doc

Suggestion prison figures skewed

San Francisco wants to stop sending juveniles to youth prisons

Emergency funds would be to house prisoners from Hawaii on the mainland

Editorial: How to fix prisons

Bredesen commits $209M to prisons

Issues facing prisons expected to hit capacity in 2005

Private prisons stir debate

Prisoner handcuffed for birth

Prisoners on the rampage over death of colleague

State corrections system cries out for reform

First HIV eradication committee in prison set up

Justice Department Says Newport Prisons Unconstitutional

Disgrace of mentally ill 'dumped' in prison

Panel formally unveils idea for reducing prison population

We must reform women's prisons

Kentucky Governor Has No Plans For More Private Prisons

Minister says all prisoners have to learn resuscitation

Dog training program aids prisoners' recovery

Panel formally unveils idea for reducing prison population

No indictments returned in gay prisoner case

Overcrowding may lead to release of prisoners

Prison system reform pledged

Alcohol behind prison rampage

Fake Crimes

Overcrowding Forces Early Release for Female Prisoners

State to pay $500,000 for empty prison space in Mississippi

Blanco appoints head of juvenile prisons

Prisoner Pulls Off Clothes In Court

More halfway houses are urged to reintegrate state inmates into society

Kline seeks tougher sentences, more prison space

Former inmate recounts days of hell in prison

Governor seeks prison probe panel

Minnesota prisons and the new bondage

Neimeth Donates N.1m Drugs to Prisons

Former Jail Clerk Charged With Stealing From Prisoners

Non-violent prisoners could be released?

Prisoner won't join court challenge over laws

Familiar Arguments Open Retrial Of Former N.C. Death Row Prisoner

Ex-prisoner encourages others to read

Urgent bid to end prisons dispute

The Problem With Prisons

Overcrowding in prisons getting worse

Youth Authority: 'factory for prisons' — Probes for state report violence, kids kept in cages

Bills urge more access to prisons: Lawmakers want fewer restrictions on media

Female officers increase, move up in rank in male prisons

Vital to prisoners' success

Prisoners should vote - or should they?

Prisoners challenge indefinite imprisonment

Disarray in Juvenile Prisons Jolts Capital

Special Program Offers Repeat Offenders More Than Just Prison Time

Prisoner's group calls for election boycott

Eight inmates refusing food at Florida State Prison

Prison guards' clout difficult to challenge — 30,000 dues-paying members reward, punish lawmakers

Prison terms cut after work bans

Prisoners’ calls prove revenue boon for Virginia
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