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 July 2004

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Note: Media organizations keep stories on their Web sites for whatever length of time they desire. Even though links may no longer be valid they are not being removed because they still may provide some information that could be of use if further research is intended.

Men jailed by mistake to get bill for board

Prison inmates being housed in communal spaces

Judge flexes his muscle on prison reform

Webster County Jail to house more inmates

Counties ask state to pay court costs for inmates

Percentage Of Oklahoma Inmates Behind Bars One Of Nation's Highest

Inmate health care now up to standard

Inmates Losing Space as Prisons Add Bunks

Colorado Prisons Growing Three Times Faster Than National Rate

Prisons Head Orders Investigation Of Alleged Intimidation Of DNC Volunteer

Inmate negotiates with sheriff — She sued over sex discrimination

Stun Gun Cited In Prisoner's Death

Death Row inmate's 1987 conviction overturned

Appeals court hears Nevada death row inmate's case

Aging Prisoners Stressing Health Care System

Treatment of prisoners Medical care at Manatee jail demands scrutiny

Pupils, Prisoners to Thrash It Out On Sports Field

State prisoners sue for better mental health care

Judge Urges California Prison Reform

Guards plan rally over Nevada prison staffing

Berkeley Judge Shakes Up Prison Guards, Governor

Inquiry on prison rape claim

Two million Americans jailed in the land of the free

Audit: Prisons' hospital spending soars, eclipses Medicare costs

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility residents find outlet in Shakespearean tragedy "MacBeth"

All Eureka drug treatment inmates returned to prison

Terminally ill inmates may be released; savings cited

Treatment might get inmates off the County Jail floor

Record numbers in criminal system

Regional jail could be boon; inclusive effort needed

Inmates at Mexican prison appear to be selling conjugal visits

Historic prison to be torn down

Critics question private prison efficiency

Prison Web site to offer database of inmates

MDOT expands inmate trash pickup program

Group pushes for more inmate-family contact

Freedom hollow for ex-inmate cleared by DNA testing

An Inmate's Perspective on Public Defenders

Prison dogs let hardened inmates show softer side

UN wants prison inmates educated on dangers of drug abuse

WCRCF holds appreciation day

Newspaper: Inmate received limited medical care before death

Prison system preparing for overflow

Springfield prison holds first high school graduation

Schwarzenegger deal with prison guards under scrutiny

Supporters welcome man freed from prison after 28 years

Smoking bans spread to 105 federal prisons

Fine dining prepared and served by inmates at training restaurant

Prisoners to earn recreation rights

Kane County providing voluntary HIV tests to inmates

Ga. Sheriff Suspended As Feds Probe Jail

Five Jail Guards Indicted in Tennessee

Prison design just the start, criminologist says

Bringing Alaska Prisoners Home Will Depend on Fiscal Solution

Suit filed over $4 monthly fee charged to Florida prison inmates

State could privatize food services at prisons

Staph outbreak hits N.C. prisons

Longest-serving death row inmate declared retarded

Inmate Released to Seek Liver Transplant

Doctor fired in death of inmate

Bars hold them prisoner, words could set them free

Prisons more populated with mentally ill inmates

A Prisoner Projection Myth

Taking on the Challenges of Correctional Education

Education Reduces Crime

From Incarceration to Community

Baltimore Prisoners’ Experiences Returning Home

Long history between state prisons and judge

Michigan prisons could swell over new gun rules

Jesuit identifies health risks in prisons

PPAG donates medical items to Kumasi Central Prisons

ACLU files suit to remove prisoners from Faulkner Co.

Bad news for condemned prisoners in India, death penalty to stay

Suspect Kept in Prison for 16 Yrs

Judge condemns deal with prison guards

Federal Inmates Arriving in Tulare County

Inmates send $982 to boy’s family

Aging prisoners

SA dumps prisoner tagging scheme

Sex-offender advise for prisons

N.C. may pay $51.4M for prisons

Inmate sues warden over prison display of American flag

Washington State University Researchers Find Prisons Offer Few Economic Benefits to Small Towns

Report: Sex at juvenile prison

Inmates complete sixth year reducing wildfire threat

More Inmates Being Let Go Early

Prison Jobs Program Just Barely Working

Inmate total climbs higher in Iowa

5,000 Inmates Hold Company Jobs

Prison labor is cheap, tough for private companies to beat

Inmates raise law enforcement dogs

State ponders future of unopened Elliott County prison

Prisoners Take Care Of Man’s Best Friend

Meeting to address released prisoners

Group that helps prisoners' kids is asking for public's support

300 Prisoners Moved to Ease Congestion

Corrections officers accused of helping beat inmate

Inmates get four-legged pen pals

Jail report lists many negative findings

'We need to break the silence over jail rape'

Ohio Corrections Officers Accused Of Helping Beat Inmate

Firm accused of prisoner abuse

High court lets death row inmate pursue mental retardation claim

Florida Must Help Prisoners Regain Vote, Court Says

Rights notice on prisoner tattoo

Editorial: Who controls prisons?

Man has strange journey through prisons

Prison Board Rebuked Over Olson

NM Supreme Court rules in favor of prison inmate

Prison officers planted drugs

Inmates get free phone calls back

State prisoners cost county big money

Inmate can stay in solitary confinement, panel says

Florida scraps felon vote list

Broward sheriff admits cases cleared improperly

Federal prisons face cutbacks, layoffs

Church to urge prison 'rethink'

Barrett blames jail's problems on state inmates

Jewish inmates suing to get kosher meals

Yellow Ribbon Project seeks to help ex-prison inmates return to society

Small counties feel financial squeeze from increase in inmates

Special unit provides refuge from prison life

Sheriff candidate wants to put jail inmates to work

Judges will decide on jail phone system privacy plan

County to reconsider jail medical contract after inmate complaints

Chronically ill prisoners strain budget

Inmate says faith, local church helped turn his life around

State seeks to prepare inmates for life after prison

Jail Ministry Receives Government Money For Rehabilitating Inmates

Massachusetts Public Defender Shortage Could Free Inmates

Inmates Vs. Outsourcing

Gateway to freedom

Mental illnesses bring detention for some youths

Pakistani prisons overcrowded, says report

Illiterate prisoners may be denied early release

Plan for new jail keeps prisoners behind bars

DeKalb busing some inmates to mental hospitals

Inmates Make Products In Multi-Million Dollar Industry

Witnesses: Inmates fought to the death in cages

'Maximum' overcrowding at prison

Prison inquiry shows state has gone to the dogs

Inmates help train pound pups once doomed to death

Prisons chief demands action over soaring jail population

HIV, hepatitis rates high in R.I. prisons

Small cities looking for economic boost from prisons may or may not get it

Some women prisoners to stay in Lousisiana

Clergy decry rules for inmate worship

Family of slain jail inmate files $15 million lawsuit against LA county

County reviews inmate suit

Inmate count hurts urban counties

HBO to produce film based on Indian prisoner's life!

Prison violence “exaggerated”

64% in jail for violence, sex

Honduran prison among region's most overcrowded

Fewer inmates will leave for church

"Nobody can say a death row inmate cannot be rehabilitated."

Indiana governor spares inmate's life for first time in 48 years

Prison chiefs in sentencing call

State should consider past experience before privatizing prison health care

Sandbagging prison reform

The Challenges of Prison Reform

Sheriff Ashe may hold key to prison reform

There's Need to Make Prisons More Humane, Says Malila

Public Health And Prisons: Hepatitis B Transmission High In Rhode Island Prisons, Study Shows

Editorial: Education vs. prisons

Chch Mayoralty-Hopeful Welcomes Prisons

Privately Run Prisons Proposed for CA

Choosing Prisoners Over Pupils

Columbia attorney works to find, free innocent inmates

Sexual activity prevalent in state prison for girls, inmates and others say

Some violent cons getting house arrest

Taxpayers deserve more from prisons

Prison officials look for alternatives ... One relief option: Reroute drug offenders

State must make case for privatizing prison health care

Inmates Given Option To Work

Legal group tries to find inmates wrongly convicted in SC

Prison inmates meet with their victims

Pilot program on hold for ECI inmates

Prisoners living in sub-human condition

With Cells Full, Sheriff's Officials Seek Solutions

Jail inmates do hard time and homework

Teacher uses words to help inmates build self-respect

For Puppy Inmates, Furlough Means Manhattan

Prisons are clogged with too many mentally ill

California Report Criticizes Prisons as 'Dysfunctional'

State must cool down toughest prison

Out of prison and straight into custody

Adelanto prison to close

Collier inmate faces charge of unlawful tattooing

Inmate abuse closer to home than Abu Ghraib

Cheesy Punishment: Sheriff Limits Inmates' Meals

Children of inmates are sent camping

Report: Troubled California Prisons Need Reforms

Missouri Receiving Accolades for Approach to Youth Prisons

Law & Human Rights :- Our Prisons Are Not Fit for Human Beings --Bayo Ojo (san)

'Truth About State of Prisons Must Be Told'

Texas prisons near capacity

Temperature In Area Jail Often Exceeds 100 Degrees, Inmates Say

25 inmates released early from Kalamazoo County Jail

Sense and Sentencing

Prisons abandon book limit in cells

Prisons near capacity, agency says

House passes debt authority for design of new juvenile prisons

State Supreme Court Chief Justice says prisons overcrowded

Prisons still far from being correctional institutes

Programs Aim To Help Inmates Nearing Release

Prison study concludes too many inmates in maximum security

State prisoners losing porn, smokes

CCA signs deal to hold Washington state's inmates in Colorado

Inmates help build homes for Habitat

Prisoner doesn't return from father's funeral

Social Justice: Ghana's Overcrowded Prisons

Prisons pressed for phone reform

States Tap Private Prisons

Expert: 50 percent of inmates reoffend

AusAID donates computers to prisons

Suit: Inmate freed to save cost
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