September, 2003

News You Can Use

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 Idaho’s prisons chief says staffing a problem
http://www.idahostatesman.com/story.asp?ID=49888

Prisons Dept needs 1,200 new staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/9/25/nation/6351874&sec=nation

Prisons looking for a few good men,women
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/6855256.htm

Cuba's prisons: A Devil's Island
http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y03/sep03/24e6.htm

Sheriff points to shortage on prisoner work detail
http://www.poconorecord.com/local/tjd44756.htm

Parole hearing set for dying prisoner
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/09/25/build/local/86-parole.inc

Prison rape case gets under way
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/7497326p-8412792c.html

Prison praised but watchdog warns overcrowding still rife
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/scotland.cfm?id=1062272003

Knife not a right in prison
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030925.wscoc0925/BNStory/National/

China pays labour camp prisoners for first time
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters09-24-232755.asp?reg=PACRIM

Two female prison guards sue state alleging sexual harassment
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030926/APN/309260759

Prison guards allege racism
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=7576&newsid=10231728&PAG=461&rfi=9

Judges skeptical of earned release program for prison inmates
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/sep03/172867.asp

Prison Bill Triggers Drug Debate Again
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGAAC2NG4LD.html

Michigan's prisons acting as an incubator for deadly hepatitis C virus
http://www.lsj.com/news/local/030928web_hep-c_main.html

Suddenly, prisons full of 'retarded'
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/6876227.htm

County’s prisons short on guards
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?wcd=10134

‘Zero tolerance’ in prisons: Tasers to help enforce new rule
http://www.fortsaskatchewanrecord.com/story.php?id=74851

Hope rises for prison reform
http://www.dailytimesofnigeria.com/DailyTimes/2003/September/24/Hoperises.asp

Fairness and felons: A push to enfranchise prisoners
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0925/p02s02-usju.html

Guards in Court Over Calif. Prison Rape
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6851472.htm

State wants to reduce number of prison inmates
http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1456097

Prisoners Are Human Beings
http://allafrica.com/stories/200309230694.html

Sentencing laws may increase prisoners
http://www.charleston.net/stories/092303/sta_23new.shtml

Prisoners' re-entry into society in the spotlight
http://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast/news/200309/s951660.htm

Doctors shocked by prison sentence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3133198.stm

Alleged Calif prison rape incident brings guards back to court
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/09/23/state0335EDT0012.DTL

Prisons may seek $50 million more
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/6837999.htm

'Murf the Surf' shares story
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/doc/408520671.html?MAC=4f569227ebd69beae3f85158a8d19123&did=408520671&FMT=FT

Moving youths from prison must be financially sound
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/2003/09/21/build/opinions/OPI001.html

Crowds go stir crazy for La. prison rodeo
http://u.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,217~24263~1643104,00.html

Black Activist Calls For End To Prisons
http://www.click10.com/news/2499236/detail.html

Youth services to check prisons for alumni
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/story_National.php?storyid=42141

Prison, corrections programs frozen by no-increase budget
http://www.messengernews.net/top_stories_full.asp?1418

Options to prison, boot camp for youths who commit crimes
http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2003/dh-localnews-0921-jschweizer-3i20v4042.htm

Public health in prisons prevents hepatitis
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory_AD.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=72-737361-16

Group working on solutions to expanding prisons
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/6805552.htm

Changes in New County Jail Will Help Mentally Ill Prisoners
http://www.wtvo.com/Global/story.asp?S=1448585&nav=0RePI4bP

Report finds problems at Tallulah juvenile prison's school
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1063470549226170.xml

State seeks new prison care provider
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1063444613121850.xml

State to parole more prisoners
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWS/StoryAlabamaprisons913w.htm

Prisoners file suit to stop use of gases
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-locprisons13091303sep13,0,6154738.story?coll=orl-news-headlines

Insurance helping prisoners
http://english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/1024/class000100004/hwz159737.htm

Official: Crowded, understaffed prisons put public at safety risk
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1063444561120350.xml

No benefit yet shown for small towns with prisons
http://www.amestrib.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10159680&BRD=2035&PAG=461&dept_id=238101&rfi=6

Audit faults state prisons for low pay, laxity on contracts
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_2257601,00.html

Likely cost of building new state prison soars
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_2257746,00.html

Manitoba rethinks flavoured condoms for prisoners
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1063537329291&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037

Release policies crowd prisons
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryA12632A.htm

Fla. Cuts Prison Rehab Programs
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0,1854,566759,00.html

AIDS deaths decline in prison
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/09/15/aids_deaths_decline_in_prison/

Absolved prisoner's case unites lawmakers
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1633249,00.html

Bill Making It Easier For Offenders To Work Heartening, Sobering
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/2003/09/15/build/opinions/OPI002.html

They're beating us, female prisoners complain
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20030916T010000-0500_49051_OBS_THEY_RE_BEATING_US__FEMALE_PRISONERS_COMPLAIN.asp

Lawmakers unsure about plan to release prisoners
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030915/APN/309150925

Dying man is refused prisons apology
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1043042,00.html

States Embrace Alternatives To Prison For Drug Users
http://www.foxreno.com/news/2487948/detail.html

Corrections' skewed priorities
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/11/Opinion/Corrections__skewed_p.shtml

Class-action suit outlines "torture" in Florida prisons
http://www.wtev.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=FEA8830F-4149-43F6-9F13-72FB13982A20

Troopers, Prisons Could See Big Changes From Budget Cuts
http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=1439296&nav=1VPtHwuG

Some City Prisoners to Get Special Smocks to Thwart Suicide
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/nyregion/12JAIL.html?ex=1064030400&en=b7160276b62b2790&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

Rehabilitation Should Be Goal of Prisons, Insists Holy See
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=40566

Brazil prisons 'a disaster'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3091830.stm

Prison lost dying inmate's parole requests
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/09/10/inmate.parole.ap/

Inmate Sues Prison Over Spiders
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/6736634.htm

China tracks health patterns of woman prisoners to ease mental,physical troubles
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/11/content_1074898.htm

First seminar held on protecting prisoners' rights in China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/10/content_1074795.htm

Report shows bleak outlook for inmates
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/swest/105swyt3.htm

Prisoners may go free, Riley says
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/106327172375490.xml

Assembly passes bill to release incapacitated prisoners and save money
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/09/10/state0038EDT0259.DTL

Court Rules in Prisons' Favor on Meals
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6746169.htm

Cutbacks could hit area prisons
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20030911/localnews/235586.html

Debate over making furniture in state prisons
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1437612&nav=0RceHvR6

China prison reforms protect rights of inmates
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/11/content_1076721.htm

Scottish Prison numbers hit record high
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3099608.stm

DNA clears prisoner 17 years into his term
http://www.jsonline.com/news/racine/sep03/168842.asp

State lawmakers to hold special session on prison overcrowding
http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1434938

Westmoreland prison has too many inmates
http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_westmoreland/20030909prisonboard0909p3.asp

Vendors challenge using inmate labor in prison commissaries
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=59456&ran=124240

Prisoners Help In Flood Cleanup
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=1433609

Inmates charged for incarceration
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/09/07/news/state/state03.txt

Wackenhut CEO taking aim at the billion-dollar threshold
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-sbwack07sep07,0,2020298.story?coll=sfla-business-front

Selected budget cuts might spare state's prisons, cancer aid
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20030908/opinion/215282.html

Prisons under scrutiny
http://www.gazettenet.com/09082003/opinion/8844.htm

Wishing it away: HIV stalks Indian prisons, police look other away
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Aids&slug=HIV+stalks+Indian+prisons&id=42295&callid=1&category=National

Separation at Maghaberry prison
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=36878&pt=n

Bikie supergrass paid in prison by police
http://www.thewest.com.au/20030908/news/latest/tw-news-latest-home-sto111799.html

Prison Progress: Policy changes pay off for budget and cell space
http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/epop8_20030908.htm

Apology is no proof of prison reform
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/06Sep2003_news29.html

Maine prisons crowded
http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/030905overcrow.shtml

Court: Inmate Can Challenge Prison System's Porn Policy
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/2457835/detail.html

Prisoners get out early
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1412262,00.html

As prisoners age, should they go free?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0905/p01s01-usju.html

Inmate Games: Prisoners Find Creative Ways to Bug Jailers
http://www.thepilot.com/news/090503InmateGames.html

Prison Guard Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Female Inmate
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2460328/detail.html

Prisoners brighten up nearby town
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=440793

Taxpayers spent $250,000 removing prisoners' tattoos
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3522098&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

Ingenuity Helps Prisoners Cope
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,60283,00.html

Looking For Money In The Prisons
http://www.newtownbee.com/Opinions.asp?d=Archive2000&s=Opinions09-04-2003-14-16-33.htm

Time for justice
http://sptimes.com/2003/09/03/Opinion/Time_for_justice.shtml

Prisoner's Human Rights Violated? Director of Prisons Speaks
http://allafrica.com/stories/200309030571.html

Prison adopts new method for handling medical parole requests
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20030903/localnews/181724.html

British prison to go online
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,7161387%5E401,00.html

DNA opens prison cell after 12 years
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/v-pfriendly/story/113436p-102415c.html

Prisoners charged daily rate for incarceration in Spink County
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10107935&BRD=1128&PAG=461&dept_id=97933&rfi=6

Juvenile prisoners costly for counties
http://www.myinky.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_2229179,00.html

Certificates awarded to 34 prisoners taking adult education at Pollsmoor
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=220336

DNA deadline looms for inmates
http://sptimes.com/2003/09/02/State/DNA_deadline_looms_fo.shtml

Convicting the Innocent: Welcome to Prison Nation
http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson76.html

Prison Plans Attacked
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30800-12756407,00.html

Number Of Women In Prison Continues To Rise
http://www.wjactv.com/news/2447149/detail.html

Private prison health care under federal scrutiny
http://newstribune.com/stories/090203/sta_0902030072.asp
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