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 November 2004
Jon Yoder - News Editor

News You Can Use

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November 30

 120,000 county inmates freed before terms end

Update: 8 inmates held over race-riot murders

Inmates Robbed Of Prison Programs

Fletcher meets death row inmate's mother

Update: 8 inmates held over race-riot murders

November 29

 Prisoner payouts open old wounds

Inmate finds hope in Supreme Court ruling

Inmates wed, hope to build a life together

Annual Inmate Craft Show Slated Today

Once released, inmates find little help

Hawai'i inmates didn't receive rehab services

Prisoners paint their way to a better life

Jail's threatened farm, hatchery serve prisoners and poor

Prisoners working at kids centre

November 26

 Giving rights back to felons

Inmates Quilt to Help Program

N. Korean prisoners gassed in experiments

Prisoners and disabled get training 'raw deal'

Tell the prisoners they aren’t alone

Prison Records Vanish for Night of Racist Cell Murder

Chile building prison for former officers

A letter from the inmate Robert Stewart threatening violence against "Pakis" was intercepted weeks before he killed his Asian cellmate

Family seeks $5 million in jail inmate's death

Minority inmates up sharply

Kentucky Supreme Court blocks execution of condemned inmate

November 24

 Budget cuts pushing the mentally ill into prisons

HIV positive prisoner starving to death in cell

Corrections Officer Arrested For Having Sex With Inmate

Family Suing Prison Officials in Inmate's Death

Inmates' relatives voice concerns in Jackson

November 23

 Prisoners learn new skills with retired horses

Inmates' art goes on display

Classes available to inmates again

State prison launches holiday craft store

Government 'Ignored Warnings over Prison Conditions'

Drug, property crimes fuel prison population hike

Saudi rights group inspects prisons

November 22

 Firm hired to oversee health in jail

Inmates in hellish prison find hope, pride in learning

Death penalty losing its grip

Sex offenders coming out of prison face new standards

November 21

 Judge Sentences Marijuana Seller to 55 Years, Then Attacks Mandatory Minimums

Former inmate lectures youth at detention center

Changes underway at prisons in Buford and Alto

Report slams brutality in prisons

500 Indian inmates launch hunger strike against ill treatment

Booming prison numbers prompt reexamination of harsh sentencing

The Prison Service missed a catalogue of opportunities to save the life of a young Asian prisoner

Time running out for DNA appeals

Indian jail announces visitor friendly facility

Under a 2002 state Supreme Court ruling, up to 21 people convicted of second-degree murder may be released

A racist prisoner who battered his Asian cellmate to death was part of a circle of murderous inmates scattered across British jails who plotted violent hate crimes

November 19

 Constable seeks review after prisoner's death

Death row inmate earns new sentencing hearing

4,000 inmates escape in Cote d'Ivoire jail break

Inmates share lives on stage

Military junta has freed 4,000 people arrested "inappropriately" by dismantled intelligence organisation

Most Female Prisoners Are Black

Corrections officials urge less incarceration in state prisons

Loving Those State Prisons

Schwarzenegger Announces Reforms for Youth Prisons

Drug War Fills Prisons; Prisons Fuel Drug War

November 18

 Inmates Riot Over Poor Food

Jail is a 'hellhole'

Unfair drug laws create deadly spiral for black youth

Prisoners Have Toy Lift for Children

Two Demoted in Prisons Pregnancy Saga

Schwarzenegger blasts CA's troubled youth prisons

Kansas loves prisons

Attorney to oversee Calif. prison reforms

"Startling" report into Craiginches prison

Bryant Visits Central Prison

November 17

 State Inmates Helping To Personalize Your Pooches

Delegation Fetes Children, Inmates

Bringing love to children of inmates: Angel Tree programs let imprisoned parents pick youngsters' gifts

Nebraska bows to Indian inmates' worship needs

Lawsuit filed by Indian man could change future elections: Supreme Court sets up showdown

Inmate sues over lack of clothes

Panel to push for prison, DOC reform

Family Receive Apology over Son's Prison Death

Youth prison reform lawsuit settled

Panel eases prison sentence for woman who killed husband

Wilson jail guards could face death penalty in inmate assault

Prisoners sue over human rights

New York Times to White Prisoners: ‘Bend Over and Take It’

Man wrongly jailed could be paid $1.2 million

November 16

 Inmates trained to assist prison nurses in new state program

Study: Oklahoma Prison Population Growing

State corrections chief focus of civil trial in prison death: Indifference to widespread abuse is alleged in the 1999 death of inmate Frank Valdes

CA Overturns $1 Million Award to Inmate Raped in County Jail

Court orders new trial for prosecutor slur

Released Death Row Inmate Speaks About Supreme Injustice

Prisoners’ play tells it like it is: Inmates put together the self- examination designed to help heal their past and future

Women Prisoners More Likely To Have Psych Disorders: Separation From Children Is Large Issue, Official Says

60 women prisoners get basic IT, business training prior to parole

US sends fewer inmates to death row

Jail inmates say they lost money, valuables in raid

Inmates trained to assist prison nurses in new state program

Cosmetic redemption for Tihar inmates

Prison inmates raise 'beneficial bugs' for organic farming

Nevada Corrections Program Is Helping Homeless Animals, Inmates

Inmates work to steer local youth from big trouble

Kentucky's prison population has exploded by 600 percent since 1970

November 15

 Prisoners observe fast to protest pontiff's arrest

Felons trying to turn their lives around find landing a job is very hard

Suit seeks mild reforms to protect prisoners from rape

Adult prisons harden teens

Jail committee saves on drugs, home incarceration

Report: Kentucky's prison population has skyrocketed since 1970

Revealed: Truth about victim of a prison's race tragedy

Group asks judge to halt prison assaults

Prison crowding has put suspects back on streets

Inmate work program a benefit to county

Crowded prisons cause for concern

Increasing number of women straining Arkansas’ prisons

Policy that forced prisoner to quit study panned

November 14

 Guilty until proven innocent

Inmate's family claims murder

Compensation payments to former inmates of Nazi camps and prisons

Prisoners in India receive spiritual discourse

Prisoners make, donate teddy bears for children

American Indian inmates cultural and religious needs to be served

Guards fired in inmate beating

Former officer pleads guilty to rape

Former Sing Sing inmate performs

Prison officers 'set up black v. white gladiator fights'

Ministry helps prisoners grow

November 12

 Nine prison guards fired for alleged inmate assault

Seven state prison employees could lose their jobs for transporting an inmate from one prison to another, because the inmate was completely naked

Condemned N.C. inmate awaits clemency decision

Prison warder in court over C-Max deaths

Inquiry after prison disturbance

System 'failed' prison death teenager

Female Prison Population at All Time High

Woman raped by prisoners gets state settlement

Court Rules 2 Prisoners Ineligible for Execution

Prisoners drown sorrows, celebrate Diwali

Prisoners release new cookbook

Mu'azu Grants 33 Prisoners Reprieve

Prisoners' rights lawyers laud ruling

President grants special remission to prisoners

Lesotho's prison authorities are concerned about deaths from Aids, and the incidence of sodomy in the country's largest prison

Greens fear Guantanamo-like prisons

In conjunction with the Ramadhan, officers and staff of the Prisons Department held a Khatam al-Quran function

Inmates to clear snow bound bus stops

Shabu killing inmates

State hospital reopens wing after inmates sue

Inquiry after prison disturbance

247 Venezuelan prison inmates dead; 536 injured in a year of violence Non-government organization (NGO) Observatorio Venezolano de Prisones (OVP) claims that 247 prison inmates have died this year in violent incidents

November 11

 Nine guards fired for roughing up inmate

Officer charged with having sex with jail inmate

County eyes large settlement with family of former inmate

4000 inmates break out of prison

MPs Grill Officials Over Prison Deaths

Inspections dig out malpractice in prison management

Former death row prisoner's costly trauma

Prisoner chatted happily about his three children to guards just minutes before he was shot dead while trying to escape

Inmates 'used as minders for officers in toughest prisons'

Saudi Arabia’s human rights watchdog has found prisons overcrowded and convicted felons jammed into the same cells that hold people awaiting trial

Guantanamo conditions at Norwegian prisons

20,000 inmates to be freed by Christmas

Over 9,000 inmates released by Turkmen amnesty

Coroner rules inmates death suicide; fourth in new unit

Inmates help out with county elections

Bonanza for jail inmates in Indian state

November 10

 Georgia pastor starts outreach for prisoners' children

Film exposes life of juveniles in adult prisons

Lawyers and disability advocates have called for a new approach to reduce the number of offenders with an intellectual disability in the New South Wales prison system

Reprimand recommended for sheriff in inmate labor investigation

Inmate freed after DNA evidence clears him

November 9

 Mixed Signals From Supreme Court on Felon Voting Rights

Nepal pardon for women prisoners

Macon's new program designed to help prisoners re-enter society

Women Prisoners Launch Creative Writing Book

Makeup of U.S. Prison Population Changing

Prisoner dies when his head gets caught in closing prison doors

Jail inmate says he was raped and beaten by cellmate

County must pay for isolating HIV-positive prisoner

Privatised prisons no bandaid to reduce reoffending

Three former North Korean inmates gave harrowing accounts on Monday of alleged suffering at political camps

196 Inmates Set for Early 'Freedom'

Inmates Make And Donate Winter Clothing

November 8

 Despite Drop in Crime, an Increase in Inmates

Note from Political Prisoner: Dave Blenkinsop

Glance at three inmate health care lawsuit settlements

Attorneys challenge execution of inmate

Sins of their fathers: Prisoners' children counseled by church program

Convicted Melbourne police killer's plans to become a Doctor of Philosophy have stunned his victims and outraged police

Two correctional services officers and two inmates died in a hostage drama in Pretoria's C-Max high security prison on Sunday

Modern Paul is a minister to inmates

Inmates Learn Art Of Butchering

EDITORIAL: Prisons vs. the press

Prisons can't be mental hospitals

November 7

 Man freed from prison, victims admit lying

New Members of Inmate Release Panel Meet (commission routinely violated rules)

County Sued for Charging Inmates

School Project Liberates Inmates

Sharing faith with inmates: Nonprofit aims to minister in local prisons

Training Motivates Inmates

November 6

 Iowa Corrections Director Says He Takes Responsibility for Several Recent Suicides of Mentally Ill Inmates

Program Will Provide Mentors for Inmates' Children

Group Encourages Residents to 'Adopt' Inmates after Their Release

Employee-Inmate Sex Alleged

November 5

 Suit Filed Over Requiring Inmates To Pay Jail Costs

Young Offenders 'Condemned to Life of Crime'

Faith-based programs offer CCA inmates life-changing hope

Inmate-crafted items real bargain for towns

High court OKs new penalty trial for death row inmate

State puts doctor on probation for inmate's death

Evidence may let prisoner walk free

Help Amnesty International protect human rights

Albanian Justice Minister Proposes Amnesty for 240 Prisoners

Prisoners 'must keep family ties'

Immigration prisoners allege guard abuse in Tacoma

Musharraf approves amnesty in prisoners' terms

Tunisia: Releases of scores of political prisoners is positive step

Fewer prisoners, not more prisons

Prison Chief Launches Charity Awards Scheme

Juvenile offenders get a look at prison life

Standoff ends at New Brunswick prison

November 4

 Inmate Views a New Trial as a Reward for His Faith

Prisoners spending more time behind bars

Sing, sing prisoners

No One Should Die in Prison - Balfour

Overcrowding in prisons: Today's issue ... Overcrowding in prisons

Prisoner Stories: Majdi Hasan Mousa

Officer faces prison sentence on drug charge

November 3

 Suit filed to set aside inmates' ballots

Prison Officer 'Supplied Drugs to Inmates'

High Court Debates Racial Segregation in Prisons

His name stands for Substance Abuse Program and he's part of an initiative to help inmates get straight

Religious freedom at stake as inmates claim right to worship

Chilling Report on Torture in Argentine Prisons

November 2

 Prison Unsafe - Report

Mentors inspire inmates at jail

Jail AIDS Awareness Program in India

Program may put inmates to work

Shanghai prisoner passes at university

Burmese prisoner honoured by British University

Program aims for inmate jobs

Home for Ex-Prisoners Opened in Soweto

While on death row, Giarratano turned his life around

November 1

 Text of the Governor's Speech at Northwestern University College of Law commuting the sentences of all death row inmates

The Procedural Default Doctrine cause the dismissal of serious federal constitutional errors in State court trials without those errors ever being reviewed or ruled upon by any federal court

Former vice chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of cases where the federal sentencing guidelines have been misapplied

A Guide to communicating, supporting, accepting and unconditionally loving the prisoner in your life

Across the world, politicians have heard that the U.S. has found the solution to crime, but the American illusion of safety through punishment has been bought at an awful expense

Innovations like mandatory sentencing and the plea bargaining it engenders are stacking the criminal-justice system against defendants

Rape Used As Control In U.S. Prisons

Chronicle Sunday recently asked former and current prisoners to address the question: ``Do conditions in our nation's prisons violate the Constitution's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment?'' Here are excerpts from their letters

A horrifying account of two men nearly murdered by employees at the Clallam Bay Correction Center

Liberty And Justice For Some By: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

By: Governor Gary E. Johnson (R-NM)Take it from a businessman: The War on Drugs is just money down the drain

Several hundred thousand mentally ill prisoners warehoused in correctional facilities throughout the country

In about 30 % of the cases, DNA gathered in the investigation did not match the suspect's DNA. 15 years later, this rate remains virtually the same

Prosecutorial Resistance to Exculpatory DNA Evidence

The Judicial System in the United States is not only bankrupt of human resources, but is deceiving the American People, and it can be PROVED statistically

A first person account of what it was like to serve time in the maximum-security prison at Jefferson City, Missouri

Prisoners Are Citizens

Police Chief Apologises to Pair Accused of Murder

Juvenile crime: Looking for solutions

My sister was murdered in the bedroom next to mine. The cops convinced me I was the one who killed her.

Improving Prison Conditions in Nigeria

Grieving mums call for prison inquiry

Prison is 2nd chance for some

Ariz. prison standoff report released

Prison psychologist loses appeal against suspension

Zimbabwe Opposition Legislator Sentenced to Year in Prison With Hard Labor

Former Prison Writer in Residence Writes Prison Novel

Improving NJ Prisons

Squeezing Families of Inmates with Phone Charges

Young adults in custody in England and Wales are so neglected they are a "lost generation" in the prison system

Two prisoners are staging a rooftop protest at a Warwickshire jail

Juvenile Female Palestinian Prisoners Humiliated by Israeli Wardens

HOPE focuses on transitional housing in area for ex-inmates

Inmates Register to Vote

DNA Frees 10 Year Rape Convict

Jail Employee Fired for Stealing Inmate's Money

Hope inside the walls

Terror War Takes a Back Seat to War on Drugs
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