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 January 2004

News You Can Use

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N.H. prison will hold 1,500, employ 300

County must show urgency in building prison

Supreme Court refuses to take up appeals from prison journalist

Federal court orders hearing over failure to release prisoner

Faith-based prisons misuse public funds

Bristol County sheriff suggests 'Prisoner Peace Corps'

Sheriff to install TV system in jail

Cops: Fund child care, or fund prisons

County prison food vendor investigated

Juvenile Prisons Need Big Reform

Bill would establish mental health standards for prisons

Minnesota prisons filled to capacity

Corrections bans porn magazines in Alabama prisons

Prison catering manager serves up some meals to go

Prison watchdog office told it will shut soon

Prison plans bring hope of new jobs

Women offered prison alternative

Ngawha prison project providing jobs

Prisoners Are Whingers Says Mark

Hawaii negotiating sending prisoners to Mississippi prison

Panel blasts treatment of female prisoners

Health fears for Suffolk prisoners

Prisons minister promotes restorative justice schemes

California Moves to Ban Smoking in Prisons

State needs prison space

Cell phones seized in prison search

Group Raises Alarm Over Prisons' Congestion

Prisoners ran up phone-sex bills footed by taxpayers, MP reveals

Prisoners center of Capitol cosmetology feud

Prison Radio Station Launched

'Home and away' prison trial begins

Prison education plan hit

Shortage of probation officers mean high caseloads for state prison system

Prison school a priority for Sanford

'Weekend prison' experiment starts

Marcus Dixon Doesn't Belong In Ga. Prison

Lawmakers Consider Prison Overhaul

Majority overruled on controversial prisons boss, co-chair says

Austria wants to move its prisons beyond its borders

Promises to fix state prisons have been heard before — Inaction blamed on union and a leadership vacuum

Court upholds ex-governor's authority to clear death row

Jail rejects some Warren prisoners

Former prisoner publishing last meal request cookbook

Inmates Want DNA Testing In Wake Of Hunt Case

Pataki Announces Three Prisons to Close

Denmark Prisons Ban Heavy Dumbbells

Foreigners in prisons to be studied

Bill would treat mentally ill prisoners

Prison guards have authorities locked up

SCI-Greensburg most crowded prison in the state

Prison union's power detailed

Prison guard is facing drug charges

Lawmakers Hear Allegations of Corruption in Prison System

Prisons agency reprieve hinted Watchdog needed, governor's aide told at Senate hearing

Meth pushing state’s prisons past capacity, warden says

Full jails, prisons need new approach

Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline said the state needs to build a 250-bed maximum-security prison unit

Prisons, jails in Newfoundland, Labrador going smoke-free in May

Sentenced prisoners pay $25 per day to county, if slowly

Industrial training to prisoners made mandatory

43 newspapers written in Italy's 205 prisons

Inspector warns of 'debilitating' effect of prisons close to capacity

Editorial: Prisons in crisis — Time to wrest control from guards' union

Inside America's Prisons — From Correction to Retribution

International private prisons expert criticizes government bill

Prisons are 'clogged up' with drivers

State Pays Millions In Penalties For Deadbeat Prisons

Inspector urges action on mentally ill prisoners

Opt-Out 'Allows Children to Mix with Adult Prisoners'

Overcrowding Blamed for Prison Absconders

Hearings Begin Into Alleged Prison Corruption

Stolen razor blades lead to Lancaster prison lockdown

Get us rewrite! This prison policy needs changing

Behind the walls: Prison gangs at Pelican Bay

Ice epidemic grows, overwhelms prisons

Ice finds its way into prisons in a number of ways

Prison budget out of control

Attack on prisoners' legal rights

Faced with crowded prisons, 11 states opt to ship large numbers of inmates out of state

AP Analysis: California prisons overspent budgets by $1.4 billion

Prisons under Capitol scrutiny

Fairfax County jail will charge prisoners a $1-per-day fee

Dish out prisoners' 'last meal' details

Former prisons leader blasted

Dobbs: Sheriff used prisoner labor for his own benefit

Prisons may privatize health care

Some South Africa prisons are 300% overcrowded

Florence prisons save $$$ through recycling

Ecuador declares prisons in 'state of emergency'

Program being tested for music theatre in prisons

Epps says Mississippi unlikely to move prisoners to Tallahatchie prison

Official: Prisoners' drug use costing South Dakota

Report alleges state prison coverup

Legal challenge to prison vote on the cards

Prison shifting staff after inmate murder

Lawmakers hear prison pitch

DOC sued over phone ad dispute

Florida prisons ban magazine because of telephone ads

Over 1,400 Tutwiler prisoners to be returned to Alabama

Murderer taunts victim's family online

Whole-Life Prisoners 'Should Be Given Suicide Option'

Inmates help turtles by replacing old sand

Industrial park proposed to employ Nevada prison inmates

Make room, Minnesota prisons start doubling up inmates

Greyston Bakery: Let 'Em Eat Cake

State clear to grab prisoner pensions

Lt Gen Ronnie Shikapwasha has urged the Zambia Prison Service to observe prisoners' human rights

Pregnant Nevada prisoner has baby

A prisoner who was beaten viciously in Risdon Prison should not have been there in the first place

400 prison guards walk off the job

Pa. residents to receive phone calls in case of prison emergency

Saakashvili calls for using force against mutineers in prisons

Blanco urged to split the oversight of prisons

Prison to Start Degree Studies for Its Inmates

Inmate volunteers help, befriend dying fellow prisoners at Angola's hospice

Hepatitis C epidemic sweeps NSW prisons

Prisons in Baltic states fall short of EU standards

Jailbreaks soar as high-risk convicts go to open prisons

Governor eyes closing some state prisons

Prisons Dept. seeks partners in agricultural project

Marion prisons mirror population dip

Keep them in prison, not on drugs

Militarism and Prisons: Making the connections from the war on drugs to the war on Iraq

In protest of healthy food, prisoners go hungry a day

Female Prisoners Stage Nude Protest

Forsyth Judge Orders New Sentencing Hearing For Death-Row Prisoner

Medical contracts for prisons delayed

Prisons chief post hotly contested

More Prisoners

Progress on prisons

Overwhelmed Kansas prisons ship inmates to Texas

Vt. to send inmates to private prisons

60 Minutes: Sentences Are More Than They Deserve

Death row prisoner awaits federal judge, Easley

Arkansas executes mentally ill prisoner

Convicted murderer applies for sex change in prison

Inmate transfer may doom Miss. prison

N.C. Builds Prisons to Deal with Increased Drug Convictions

State prisons polluting creeks

Substance abuse tops prisoner complaints

Okogie Advocates Prisons' Reforms

Prisons nearing capacity

High cost of prisons

Alabama male prisoners to return from Mississippi

Living space reward for some prisoners

Prison wrong to shackle pregnant inmate during birth - report

Inmate depicts prison gang life

Critics say new state prison defies logic

The rise of female guards in male prisons

Governor has asked Supreme Court to reverse 2002 ruling

Suicide levels in women's prisons soar

White collars, prison blues

Prison rush for compensation

Prison time complicates job search

Prison director pushes for alternative sentences

Prison phone scam leads to shutdown

Housing state prisoners is costly for local taxpayers

Panel Revives D.C. Prisoner's Suit Over Treatment

A shot to kill

Legislators aim to pay freed inmate

County Jails Overcrowded with State Prisoners

Study Examines Issues Related To Research Involving Prisoners

A Community of Ex-Cons Shows How to Bring Prisoners Back Into Society

Prisoners learn as they record for others

McDowell announces prison closures

Prisons in Turkey better than many in EU

Prison rehab focus is drugs

Center helps careers bloom after welfare, prison time

Purpose-Driven prison church forms amid hostility & dangers

Counties must employ low-cost alternatives

Pardon for petty prisoners

Program lets prisoners send gifts for holidays

Prisons cannot handle drug and mental health burden, report says
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