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Some fear tinkering with penal code could again overcrowd prisons

Prisons ill-equipped to deal with mental illnesses

Caribbean and Latin American prisons face crowding crisis, prompting calls for reform

SA prison's porn rape cocktail

Some fear new laws will backfire

S.C. struggles with shortage of prison guards

Lawyers Who Provide Free Assistance Replaced By Computers, Paralegals

Matsqui prisoner ill with TB

Settlement of 15-year court case also gives prisoners more rights, other privileges

Jail officials in Northern Virginia are considering charging inmates for each day they are behind bars

Mitchellville prison: No cash, no long johns

Fitzpatrick focused on plans for prison, county justice center

Pataki vetoes bill to prohibit privatized prisons

FTAA statement and demands from Dade County women prisoners

Prisoners spend holidays away from home

Program helps prisoners with rent after release

Transsexual Prisoner Sues For Treatment

Prison company outlines plans for local prison

Justice Dept. Re-Examines Prison Death

Prison overcrowding blocks victory over Aids

No room for judgment

Mandela shows bleak images of prison life

Retired general to head prisons

Prisons are 'fertile fields' for message of redemption, compassion, chaplain says

China moving prisons out of remote areas

Conditions At Female Prison Bad, Says Prisoner

Colleges trail prisons in funds

George Foreman joins in drive for chapels in Louisiana prisons

Governor’s Office Wants To Kill Move Toward Private Prisons, Senator Says

Better policy for prisons

DNA-testing on prisoners solves 64 old crimes

Chess club members travel to prison, challenge inmates

Criticisms fail to meet prison issues

Prisoner thankful for hepatitis C treatment plan

Sentencing options are the keys to alleviating overcrowded prisons

Taking a hard look at prisons

DNA springs convict after 16 years in prison

Former guards headed to prison

Ex-inmates seek compensation over prison abuse

Prison chief says he didn't thwart perjury probe

Deal would reopen prison

Builder chosen for southern Nevada prison gym

Medical care at prison to stay in-house

Prisons labeling Blacks as terrorists

Prisons to charge for inmate work

Indiana facilities built for 16,000 now hold 23,000, officials say

Private firm considered for prisoner transport

Private prison ban costs taxpayers millions

Many Parole Violators Will Avoid Prison

Private-prisons proposal on table

Abolishing prisons, creating new institutions

GUEST EDITORIAL: Careful with prisons

Officially, Alabama prisons are short 205 corrections officers.

County may need alternative housing option for prisoners

Health care for prisoners criticized

Auditor-General's grim tale of prisoners reoffending

Urban Institute Study: Number of Prisoners Released in Ohio Triples in 2 Decades; 62 Percent Head for 7 Counties, Led By Cuyahoga

Staff may face action over prisoner's death

Business Roundtable says there are clear benefits in having a mix of publicly and privately run prisons

5 Iowa Prisons Serving Venison To Inmates

Calif. Prison System Called Costly Failure

Prison And Religion: Courts shouldn't deny inmates freedom to worship

Prisoners in Scotland could be electronically tagged after release under a plan to cut reoffending.

Prison officials, relatives of inmates see improvements in 'Max'

State's prison policy locks up lots of cash

Prisons Director to Testify on His Shutdown of Probe

Schwarzenegger Names Ex-Guard to Oversee Prisons

San Francisco Jails: Handling prisoners Stripped of dignity Lawsuits mount over jail's practices regarding strip searches, safety cells

As prison suicide rates increase, officials explore prevention programs

Japan's prison sofa saga

Napolitano: Republican prison bill flawed

Governor denies delaying planned private prison

State prison health care under scrutiny

Prisoners' religious freedom challenged

35,000 prisoners eligible to vote

Bangkok prisoners celebrate graduation

Census Website Chaos 'Followed Prisoner Input Plan Flop'

Jesse Jackson Promotes HIV Testing In Prisons

Mentally ill increasingly fill prisons

Official says Thomson prison may not open before 2005

Panel Calls Prison Policies Costly Failure

Prison Guards Plead Guilty To Federal Charges

State claims it doesn't have to treat young prisoners

Excess prisoners might be shipped to N.H.

California Prisons Plan Sweeping Parole Changes

DUI fines could fund more beds at prisons

Private prisons gain momentum with state Legislature

Drug raids on prisons find little, seen as stunt

Prisons sold manufactured furniture as prison products

Lawsuits filed against State prisons

Prisoner Program Can Save Money

Dying prisoner denied release

Most female prisoners did nonviolent crimes

GOP plan: more prisons, higher DUI fines

Governor Opposes Private Prisons, GOP Lawmakers Say They Save Money

Mandela to Use Prison Number in Aids Fight

Made in prison: Everything from eyeglasses to furniture

Florence planning hospital to cater to public, prisoners

The Last Disenfranchised Class

High court hears pleas for DNA testing extension

Offenders sentenced before law changed say sentences invalid

Prisoners seek ban on death penalty

Inmates to be shipped around state

State sending more women to prison

Mentors to help guide children of prisoners

Marion Federal prisoners raise funds for Poshard Foundation

Oh deer! Prisons dish up venison

Prisoners may be allowed to vote next year

Grants meant for struggling families went to Florida sex offenders instead

Bill pits prisoners against businesses

State officials: prisons are safe

Senate rejects altered prison sales measure

Man Discovered Living In Women's Prison

Out of Prison, Into a Business Crusade

Company to run prison, lay off workers

Appeal loss could spark prison suits, lawyer says

New prison workers to help critical staff situation at NCCI

Bahamas Prison Conditions Criticized

Prisoners exempt from smoking ban

Md. Prisons to Focus on Rehabilitation

Leaders witness crowded prisons

Fixing prisons

Three Buccaneers visit a Polk County prison, bringing a message of salvation and some football talk.

Inmates would get access to DNA under House bill

FCT: CJ Pardons 42 Prison Inmates

Prison employees seek $10.6 million to increase staffing

Lawmakers, corrections discuss Vermont prisons

States Rethinking 'Supermax' Prisons

Criminalizing the Mentally Ill — Prisons as Mental Institutions

Why prisons are universities of crime

Justices OK penalty for pot use by inmates

Kuje Prison Overpopulated - Comptroller

Released Prisoner Suing Pottawattamie County For Libel

Superior Court judge who helped prisoners dies at 70

Protest against sending prisoners out of state

More Guards For Ohio Prisons

Ohio a model for classes in Mich. prisons: Plan cited as way to keep inmates from returning

Prison Commissioner To Limit Work Release After Inmate Arrest

Manitoba jails prepare for smoking ban

Plight of prisoners in Adiala Jail

States Seek Ways to Make Executions Error Free

He's Out of Prison, but He Isn't Exactly Free

Former State Officials Had Relationship With Prison Site Owner

No more solitary confinement in Iranian prisons

La. prisons support observance of Ramadan

Sprinkler costs throwing water on prison project

Tracking firms look to lock in prison contracts

Corrections chief warns understaffed prisons public safety threat

Prisons Budget Comes Up $544 Million Short

Snack food rules at prisons cut business for blind vendors

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