News: 4/13/2007 (AM)

• Prison plan takes a beating (California) - registration required
• Bronx Protests Against Proposed Jail (New York)
• Brooklyn House of Detention Could be Much Bigger (New York)
• Oregon bill would limit early release program
• Committee passes bill speeding inmate paroles (Nevada)
• Police hunt arsonist let out of prison by accident (UK)
• Corrections Officer Dismissed (New Zealand)
• Youth prison getting better, says report (UK)
• PIL seeks facilities for male prisoners (India)
• Corrections board to take up draft prison recommendations (Iowa)
• Disenfranchisement News - 4/12/2007
• Oshkosh begins researching sex offender ordinance (Wisconsin)
• "Prison City" reflects on Death Penalty (Texas) - new book
• Surviving family violence (Texas)

Hat tip to Corrections Connection on a couple of these stories.