News: 5/7/2007 (PM)

• Special Report: Dying Behind Bars (Michigan)
• Number of Sex Offenders Rising in Pasco (Washington)
• Manhunt Continues for Suspects in CMC's Prison Guard Attack (California)
• guard rescued inmates come to the aid of a corrections officer who was attacked by prisoner (Virginia)
• Prisons plan 'vetoed by Blair' (UK)
• Judges 'may be forced into lighter sentences' (UK)
• Officer says he had no idea what caused the uprising (Barbados)
• Prison art auction raises more than $30000 for at-risk families (New Zealand)
• Youths in adult jails increase (UK)
• 'Ghost' child prisoners languish in RP jails - group (Philippines)
• Bill Could Shorten Some Drug Dealers' Prison Time (Maryland)
• Delegate miffed by the leak of prison visit (West Virginia)
• Residents Upset Over Plan to Bring In Sex Offenders (Pennsylvania)
• Paint can full of pot sent to inmate (South Carolina)
• Warden Killed More Than 130 Years Ago Finally Gets a Headstone (Utah)

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News: 5/3/2007 (AM)

• Two federal judges hold key to California prison reform (California)
• Referee to make recommendation on inmate case (Oklahoma)
• Prison officer charged with murdering inmate (Guyana)
• £1M-A-DAY JAILS SCANDAL (UK)
• Inquest into boy's suicide hears of overcrowding at secure unit (UK)
• Drugs in prison on the increase (UK)
• Campaigners optimistic over plans for women in prison (UK)
• McDowell addresses Prison Officers conference in Sligo (Ireland)
• Nigeria: Legal Aid Boss Decries Prison Congestion
• Inmates on hunger in Gobustan jail can be held accountable (Azerbaijan)
• Juvenile facility runs out of room (Wyoming)
• Counties board 46 state prison system inmates (Maine)
• SAFETY IN PRISONS (New Jersey)
• Prison health committee bill heads to House (Maryland)
• Mendota to get $115m to finish federal prison (California)
• Prison program makes good on training dogs for adoption (Colorado)
• Corrections Corporation of America Announces 2007 First Quarter Financial Results
• Prison will need help with funding (Mississippi)

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News: 4/26/20007 (AM)

• Deal reached for 53K more prison beds (California)
• Lawsuits drive prison operations in California
• Company Must Reimburse Indiana for Riot Costs
• Prison riot erupts (Indiana)
• DOC officials sent to Indiana to help with riot investigation (Arizona)
• Drug courts, stronger probation clears Texas House
• Bill to close youth prisons gaining attention, criticism (California)
• South Woods State Prison investigates employee activities (New Jersey)
• National claims 'culture of denial' in prisons (New Zealand)
• Suicide 'simple' in SA jails (Australia)
• Superbugs hit prisons (Canada)
• Prison Watchdog Unlikely to be Effective (UK)
• Crime figures show need to focus on what works (UK)
• 3 indictments issued in prison smuggling case (Oregon)
• Woman guilty of posing as lawyer to enter prison (Maryland)
• Lawmakers delay prison construction, Hoeven goes along (North Dakota)
• Miami Correctional Facility honored (Indiana)

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Opinion: 4/12/2007

As prisons fill up, justice pays price (UK)
Our View - Jails in Orange County are no picnic (California)
A life-saver of an idea (Maryland)

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News: 4/3/2007

• Supreme Court: prisons liable for lewd inmates (California)
• Dallas County jail OT still running into millions (Texas)
• 'They broke his jaw, busted his eye' (Texas)
• Destructive Washington County Jail inmate requires special jail cell (Wisconsin)
• To Help Rikers, City Wants More Prisoners in Brooklyn (New York)
• Knox County Jail detainee threatens lawsuit over injuries (Maine)
• Additional award in inmate death (Arizona)
• California EMS crews at greater risk on prison calls
• Prisoners continue hunger strike in Gobustan jail (Azerbaijan)
• More services needed at San Mateo County jail, report says (California)
• Convict on the run from "open prison" (UK)
• Inmate Awarded $20,000 for Harsh Conditions (Russia)
• Alcohol Treatment and Rehab > Lack Of Substance Abuse Treatment Options For Offenders
• Bronson unsure about felons' rights (Florida)
• Former Pennsylvania prison guard accused of kissing inmate
• Prison staff vacancies in Wyoming called danger
• Regional jail project moving on (Mississippi)
• Getting screwed at the school for crime (Australia) - opinion piece by former inmate
• Commissioner of Correction pledges help on local issues (Maryland) - local editorial
• Basic humanity (Pennsylvania) - editorial

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