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 June 2004

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Kenya's prisoners go hi-tech

Hundreds Throng Bolga for Recruited Into Prisons Service

Comfy prisons no deterrent to crime

HIV-infected prisoners 'in two-person cells'

Californians favor more education for prisoners

Inmates paroled at highest rate in more than 10 years

Viisage lands $400K inmate ID system contract

Gay inmate drops suit for love mail

Rights group: Consent decree for HIV inmates still needed

Sheriff Lobbies To Allow Three Inmates Per Jail Cell

Fairness demands renegotiating prison guards' scandalous contract

Correction Commissioner sets up system to probe prison abuse

Detox Or Prison - 'A Choice for Addicted Criminals'

Police want prison gossip on database

Abuse of inmates

Inmates give dogs a second chance

Officers sue inmates for injuries

New laws regulate plethora of issues

Prisoners to team up with problem pooches

High Court Curtails Leeway Of Judges In Sentencings

Supreme Court Rejects Death Row Appeals

Editorial: Prison terms

The Connecticut chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is investigating the recent rash of suicides at the state’s prisons

Top prison officers get the axe

New Mississippi laws regulate plethora of issues, from prison labor to fireworks

Prisoner Sues Over Marriage Requirements

No prisoners in SA are receiving ARVs

Local jail in need of more cells for female prisoners

State Sees Increase In Mentally Ill Prisoners

Inmates Build Playground in Schuylkill County

County inmates overcome adversity, graduate from GED program

The Price of Prisons

Judge slams prisons officials over inmate

86 death row inmates won't be resentenced

Greenhouse, garden get inmates out of cells

New York's death row inmates may not face capital punishment

Prison service faces criticism

Guards union corrupts prisons, report finds

Prisoners join fight against crime

Program has prisoners helping Habitat for Humanity

Commissioners hear plan to reduce inmate medical costs

Justices Say Death Row Inmate With Low IQ Deserves Appeal

Family of Strangled Inmate Seeks $35 Million From L.A. County

Ex-inmate continues federal suit arising from alleged rape

The Plea

Investigator calls for criminal charges against former prisons chief

Take your choice: Parents or prisons?

Feds pledge reforms at reservation prisons

Death-Row Inmates' Sentences Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

Sharpened spoon not dangerous weapon

Runaway prisoner sues for £80,000

SBC keeps phone contract for county jail's inmates

Inmates earn jails extra cash

These inmates hold keys

Prisons full to overflowing

Cell Phone Use Becoming Widespread -- in Prisons

Prisons to test programme

US prisons nurture violence, disease

Former death row inmate free on bond

State reassigns guard amid beating allegation

ABA: End Mandatory Minimum Prison Terms

Shelby to add federal inmates prisoners

Inmate starts garden at jail; county hopes to save money

Prisoners Face Soccer-Playing Elephants

Special needs unit houses inmates too ill to be with general jail population

Transfer of inmates may start soon

Pontiac prison closing could be costly

Democrats key to prison costs

New director of state prisons believes in rehabilitating, not recycling, inmates

Prisons not the solution for social problems

Time Served

State Supreme Court: No 'patient bill of rights' for prisoners

Save money and help prisoners

Mississippi death row inmate allowed to argue mental retardation claim

Freed inmate dies after 3 days in lobby

Death Row inmate still waits for ruling on new evidence

Education of inmates is bright idea

Older inmates grouped in own prison

Mentors help inmates find `inner clown'

Did prisons chief let guards call shots?

Prisoners of regret

Prisoners' Best Friend

Settlement changes prison solitary confinement

Inmates claim inadequate care

Inmates save taxpayer money

Warden works to teach inmates

For some inmates, Father's Day is taking on new meaning

Prison wear turns high fashion

Prison terms to be reviewed

Another ex-inmate claims abuse

South Australia's Opposition demands better facilities for female prisoners

Court order ends discrimination against HIV-positive prisoners in Mississippi

Judge rules inmate has right to computer access for Ph.D.

Prisons to separate Hispanic gang

Editorial: Progress in prisons

African Union envoy to compile report on South Africa prisons

Foreigners overcrowding Malaysian prisons

New Mexico program helps dads in prison keep in touch with kids

Prison Service urged to reconsider transfer plans for women prisoners

Prisons: 7400 volunteers for 55 thousand inmates

Inmates Overload Jails

Housing Inmates Could Become More Profitable

Degrees Conferred on Inmates

Grass not greener for gardening inmates

Prison Inmates Balk At Paying Fees

We need fewer inmates, says inspecting judge

Palm Beach County sheriff changes mind, allows jail inmates one free local call

Dog training program gives inmates confidence

Jail may see more inmates

Inmates Say They Need Help To Break Jail Cycle

Handicapped ex-inmate charges Grant jail abuse

State To Take Over Nevada Women's Prison

Lawmakers question prison proposals

Barbour vows to save money by streamlining prison system

Prisons Nightmare

California urged to follow Missouri on youth prisons

Court orders end to eavesdropping on inmates

Inmates get therapy from pets

Jail fee lawsuit could be costly

Our Prisons Are Inhuman

Public gets clearer view of prisons under pending bills

Support for families of prisoners lacking

Board votes early parole hearings for inmates

Injured ex-inmates consider next moves

Sheriff hoping to restore jail program for inmates

Prison inmates get four-month reprieve from smoking ban

Execs of Florida prison industry suspended in audit over loans

Tying prison, pregnancy ruled illegal

Prisons monitoring committee starts work in Nigeria

4,158 children in South Africa prisons

Prisoners 'paying for porridge'

Gambling addiction in inmates addressed

Harder crimes, stiffer penalties: women prison inmates up 78%

Measure would require education, counseling for most state inmates

Boxing champ to inmates: 'You didn't have to be here'

Colorado inmates shipped to Mississippi

Dave Zweifel: Bringing inmates home is way to go

Project reaches out to inmates' kids

Cloud still hangs over prison chief

Prison guards lock arms — Formidable union is fighting to keep its July pay raise

Women's prison slated

Mississippi town values out-of-state inmates

Violence stalks young inmates

Inmate beaten while strapped in restraining chair

'Juvies' makes a case against putting teenagers in adult prisons

Prisoner Abuse Starts at Home

The problem with probation

State plans four new prisons

Crowded prisons in research spotlight

Pastor writes self-help book for prisoners

San Joaquin County Releases Inmates Early in Cost Cutting Move

24 Ionia County inmates get early release due to jail overcrowding

Hearing needed to move inmates to Ohio 'supermax' prison

Number of inmates defies ideas on society

Inmates train seeing eye dogs

State on cusp of prison building spree

The newest prison contraband: cellphones

Inmate sues prison firm in abuse case

Minor-league 'third strikes' fill prisons

Dead Men Walking in Pakistan's Overcrowded Prisons

Housing State Inmates?

'Back Beat' offers inmates lessons

Inmates assemble bicycles for foster children

Some fear new law will mean more prison inmates

Jail offers violent inmates aromatherapy

Lawyer and inmates plotted jail violence, Sheahan says

Solicitor says relations with inmates rare

Credibility battle in N.H. prison case

Inmates prepare for job market

Bayside trial score: Officers 3, inmates 1

S.J. jail inmates released

Conditions in part of Edinburgh Prison described as ‘miserable’

Black pols get it wrong in backing prisons over schools

City prisons to hold summit on life after release

Fabian: State Needs Secure Nursing Home for Prisoners

Can pastel shades make for better prisons?

Prisons punish kids, too

Women's prison 'less oppressive'

Prison officers' union disgusted by abuse allegations

Prisoners 'live like pigs'

Prisoners to preserve prison graveyard

Cell phones give inmates link to outside world

Judge: Prison's care violated rights of HIV-infected inmates

Task force created for ill inmates

PRISONS: Health care costs for inmates surge

Prison health costs must be restrained

How many prisons are too many?

Experts say U.S. Prisoners are subjected to Iraqi-style Abuse

Female inmates held in 'dungeon'

We Need Your Sympathy — Prisons Chief

Trouble in Private U.S. Jails Preceded Job Fixing Iraq's

Mountain resting place for the weary

China to open detention centres for AIDS prisoners

Prison Inmates Launching 'Brak Outt' Urban Clothing Line

Inmates may get 2 meals per day, not 3

Inmates dig trade training

Wanted: Your State's Inmates

Federal inmates to exercise right to vote in general election

Court justices wrong to give prisoners vote

Pontiac Prison to Close

INS Prisons: Torture in a Florida Jail "Whatever we want to do with you"

Man freed after 28 years in prison sues state police

Rehabilitation Gains Favor in Georgia's Prisons

Good riddance for bad prison

Ohio Prisons Go Gladly to the Dogs

Inmates take vote seriously

Day center urged for inmates

Inmates Graduate from College and High School

St. Lucie inmates may be housed in Taylor County

Prisons not the solution for social problems

New prisons help state bring home its inmates

Prisons' medical bill soars

Prison smoking to be snuffed

Eminem Rallies Hip-Hop Fans To Vote, Hopes to Regain His Own Voting Status

Inmate Claims Abuse By Guards At Hillsborough Jail

Federal inmates to vote for first time

Inmates' Medical Tab Nears $1 Billion

Group extends companies' prison contracts

Wisconsin prisoners held out of state down dramatically

End automatic release of prisoners, says parole chief

Blemished for Life, Sodomised Prisoners Turn Violent, Social Worker Says

As numbers of women in prisons explode, abuse of female prisoners widespread in U.S.

Stop Treating Released Prisoners Like Outcasts

Nevada-run women's prison would cost more

Tennessee prison population among fastest growing in nation

Prisoner abuse a familiar problem in Texas

Study: many prisoner prefer prison over other sanctions

Lantau super prison poised to get green light

Violence marks modern-day prisoners

Inmates hold their second Relay For Life

Texas lacking standards on retardation in capital cases

Eight-year fight to get every prisoner a bed

Prison inquiry results in four reassignments

Irish Prison Service Needs to Address Inadequate Healthcare Service for Prisoners

More prisoners claim compensation for slop-outs

Death row prisoners on hunger strike

Angola program links prisoners with plants

Inmates may have to pay for jail time

St. Lucie Jail officers keep inmates manageable with personality

Inmate abuse complaints probed

Louisiana shuttering tough teen prison

Meth users cramming state prisons

Solomon Islands prisons commissioner calls for more rehabilitation

WASHINGTON: Two million Americans in prison until June last year, says report

29 Broward inmates suffer staph infections

Too many inmates, too little space

Youth Diagnostic and Detention Center undergoes revamp for Camino Nuevo inmates

'02 Report Cited Jail Errors

Prison credits religion with cutting violence

Increase in growth rate of prison population tops region

Inmates grasp music's message

Hospitality program returns to USDB, 19 inmates graduate

Inmates released early

Arizona leads West in prisoners per capita

Inside the Prison: Nigerian Prisons Need Reformation

Food Crisis Hits Arua Prisons

New York prisons to resume treatment program for sex offenders

Prisons and jails house 1 in every 75 U.S. men

Tech Guru Omar Wasow: Wired Prisons

Inquiry into 'gladiator' fights at youth prison

Amnesty for prisoners

Prison Guards, Inmates Treated After Suddenly Becoming Ill

More inmates released early in Kalamazoo

Settlement Reached for HIV Positive Inmates

Abuse of Orange County Prison Inmates Is Ignored

Carbon plans 64-bed addition for DUI inmates at prison

Inmates offer kids a dose of reality

Inmates' bid chosen over local contractor

El-Rufai Laments Over Deplorable Kuje Prisons

Senate panel recommends confirmation of prisons director

The Supreme Court rules that AIDS is an occupational hazard for corrections

Prison doctors threaten to quit in care row

Female wing of Durham Prison to close

Shift in prison philosophy After 30 years of stressing punishment, rehabilitation is back

Grants Prison Might Move To Albuquerque

No plans to move problem prisoners back in state

State may tell inmates to pay up

Inmates' medical costs on the rise

Inmates Moving In

Commissioners choose to farm out inmates

Private prisons face contract challenges

Jury sides with guards in prison incident

Prison reformers urge: Let's find other, better ways

Juvenile Offenders In Nevada's Adult Prisons

Panel considering hearing on S.C. prisons

Oregon girl's death part of Indian prisons inquiry

New bills would help ex-prisoners get IDs

Senate bill asks voters to approve more schooling for inmates

Antonovich: Move dangerous inmates

Panel to review inmates' calls for DNA tests

Freed inmates sue police officers

Death row inmates can claim lethal injection is cruel

Inmates Record Children's Books

Prison guards' union faces sea change in lawmaker support

Prison official accused of skirting law with inmate relationships

Images convey reality of Siberian prison camp life

90-year-old inspires inmates, volunteers

Inmates finding better chance for parole under Schwarzenegger

Scan keeps inmates on the inside

Inmates, former deputies claim sheriff used inmate labor for personal use

Union Keeps Tight Rein on Prisons

More Prisons Make Inmates Pay for Stay
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