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News, commentary and analysis on prisons: government proposals with the aim of stemming overcrowding and recidivism; inmate living conditions and changing demographics; sentencing issues.
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CCA's Puryear's In Jeopardy Due to Former Prisoner's Organizing

Posted on August 14, 2008
Ex-inmate helps make Bush nominee 'controversial' By TRAVIS LOLLER ? 7 hours ago NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? Had this been like most nominations for federal judgeships, the chief lawyer with Corrections Corporation of America might have been packing up his...

For Those Once Behind Bars, A Nudge to the Voting Booth

Posted on August 14, 2008
For Those Once Behind Bars, A Nudge to the Voting Booth By Krissah Williams Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 11, 2008; A01 TALLAHASSEE -- Herbert Pompey had gone through rehab, stayed sober, held a job, married and started...

CA: Court asked to order state to pay $8 billion for inmate health care

Posted on August 14, 2008
Court asked to order state to pay $8 billion for inmate health care By Andy Furillo - afurillo@sacbee.com Published 10:14 am PDT Wednesday, August 13, 2008 California prison medical care receiver J. Clark Kelso filed a legal motion today to...

U.S. Department of Justice Report Concludes that Transfer Laws Substantially Increase Recidivism

Posted on August 14, 2008
U.S. Department of Justice Report Concludes that Transfer Laws Substantially Increase Recidivism August 13, 2008 Today, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), at the U.S. Department of Justice, released a bulletin on transfer laws and concluded that...

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CCA Sued in Death of Prisoner FL

Posted on August 14, 2008
Fla. prison accused in inmate's staph death By BILL KACZOR (Published August 13, 2008) http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/255187.html TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ? The family of an inmate who died from a drug-resistant staph infection claims she contracted it because she had been deprived of...

Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands

Posted on August 14, 2008
August 13, 2008 Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands By NINA BERNSTEIN NY Times He was 17 when he came to New York from Hong Kong in 1992 with his parents and younger sister, eyeing the skyline...

Efforts at reforming financial aid for students is stripped from Higher Education Act Refrom Bill

Posted on August 13, 2008
From Students for A Sensible Drug Policy August 13, 2008 Despite all of our efforts we were not able to secure full repeal of, or even provide judicial discretion for, the aid elimination penalty for drug offenses in the HEA...

Rhode Island Passes Reform to End Debtor's Prisons

Posted on August 13, 2008
Rhode Island Passes Reform to End Debtor's Prisons August 13, 20008 With a $400 million dollar deficit in the budget this year, the state of Rhode Island was forced to confront the spiraling $186 million dollar prison budget. One major...

AL: Nightmare' complaints spur action on uncertified faith-based drug treatment programs

Posted on August 12, 2008
Nightmare' complaints spur action on uncertified drug treatment programs Tuesday, August 12, 2008 DAVE PARKS News staff writer Mental health officials are strengthening oversight of Alabama's uncertified drug treatment programs after hearing "nightmare" stories about predatory practices and medical incompetence...

Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan and Queens host joint press conference to support

Posted on August 11, 2008
(New York City, NY) - The Black Star Project in partnership with the NYC Coalition of Organizers is sponsoring the Million Father March 2008 on the first day of school across New York City on September 2, 2008. In preparation...

SC: BlueCross BlueSheild subsidary gets $7.3 million contract to process health claims from BOP

Posted on August 11, 2008
S.C. company nabs $7.3M federal prisons contract Associated Press 08.11.08 A South Carolina company plans to create several dozen jobs in the state after winning a multimillion-dollar contract with the federal prisons system. PGBA LLC, says it has been awarded...

StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up

Posted on August 11, 2008
StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up By Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet Posted on August 11, 2008, Printed on August 11, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/94257/ "When I left Angola," says Robert King Wilkerson, who spent 29 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana's...

MO: Mother works to keep teens out of adult prisons

Posted on August 10, 2008
Columbia Missourian Mother works to keep teens out of adult prisons By RUDI KELLER and BRIDGET DICOSMO August 9, 2008 | 10:08 p.m. CDT CAPE GIRARDEAU ? Tracy McClard has signed on with an effort to keep teen offenders out...

The News (Pakistan) More than 50 per cent of all women in American prisons have been sexually abused

Posted on August 10, 2008
More than 50 per cent of all women in American prisons have been sexually abused Monday, August 11, 2008 By Kaleem Omar, The News (Pakistan) The United States government never tires of lecturing countries around the world on their human...

"Real Cost of Prisons Comix' book events in the SF Bay Area September 24th through September 29th, 2008

Posted on August 10, 2008
Wednesday September 24th - Lois Ahrens, editor of the ?Real Cost Of Prisons Comix? at The Green Arcade 7pm. Book launch for the ?Real Cost Of Prisons Comix?, edited by Lois Ahrens and published by PM Press. ?One out of...

Racism and The Race

Posted on August 10, 2008
It is the graphic in this article that is most disheartening but not surprising. To view it go to: ttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/opinion/09blow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22Blow%22&st=cse&oref=slogin and then the graphic, Whites, Race and the Election August 9, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Racism and the Race By CHARLES...

Missing men: America's fight against poverty has a growing hole. Some say it's time to pay attention to the people falling through it: men.

Posted on August 10, 2008
Missing men America's fight against poverty has a growing hole. Some say it's time to pay attention to the people falling through it: men. Boston Globe By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow | August 10, 2008 IN KEEPING WITH the work ethic of...

San Francisco/Bay Area Real Cost of Prisons Comix Book Launch Events

Posted on August 09, 2008
Wednesday September 24th - Lois Ahrens, editor of the ?Real Cost Of Prisons Comix? at The Green Arcade 7pm. Book launch for the ?Real Cost Of Prisons Comix?, edited by Lois Ahrens and published by PM Press. ?One out of...

Former Officer Suing Unicor for Alleged Toxic Dust Exposure on the Job Dies

Posted on August 08, 2008
Family: Prison Worker's Death was Caused by Toxic Dust Former Officer Suing Unicor for Alleged Toxic Dust Exposure on the Job Dies By KRISTIN JONES August 8, 2008? A former Florida correctional officer suing the Federal Prison Industries for allegedly...

Texas Youth Commission still staggering toward reform

Posted on August 08, 2008
EDITORIAL Texas Youth Commission still staggering toward reform Youth Commission efforts to expand facilities makes some sense but falls short Thursday, August 07, 2008 Austin American-Statesman The Texas Youth Commission is still struggling to right itself after last year's eruption...

OR: If passed, new law would cost at least $2 billion in new prisons

Posted on August 08, 2008
Mannix prison measure would cost at least $2 billion, committee estimates August 07, 2008 The Oregonian A drug and property crimes sentencing measure on the Nov. 4 ballot would cost taxpayers at least $2 billion, according to analysis released by...

MO: Prison Finished Ahead of Schedule

Posted on August 08, 2008
Hold on if you read this..... ?What a wonderful day in the city of Chillicothe,? said Chillicothe Mayor Chuck Haney. ?We will cherish this moment for a long, long time.? Constitution-Tribune Thu Aug 07, 2008 Chillicothe, Mo. - In January...

Judge: CCA must produce records

Posted on August 07, 2008
Judge: Private prison company must produce records Nashville judge rules private prison company must produce records covered by Tennessee law July 29, 2008 CNN Money NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A Nashville judge ruled Tuesday that private prison company Corrections...

NY: Shut the prison doors:Legislature should rethink four upstate facilities in these tough fiscal times

Posted on August 07, 2008
Shut the prison doors: Legislature should rethink four upstate facilities in these tough fiscal times August 6, 2008 Newsday Editorial There goes Albany again. State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) has made a list of programs he refuses...

MA: CORI background checks should have been reformed

Posted on August 05, 2008
CORI background checks should have been reformed Daily Hampshire Gazette Created 08/05/2008 - 09:42 To the editor: According to some, the last legislative session may have been a success, but in reality, the Legislature failed again to reform one of....

WI Department of Corrections Bans WI Prisoners From Receiving Books from WI Books to Prisoners Group

Posted on August 05, 2008
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners/Rainbow Books 426 W. Gilman St., Madison, WI 53703 Contact: Camy Matthay August 4, 2008 Email: maha@chorus.net ARE WISCONSIN PRISONERS LOSING THE RIGHT TO READ? WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BANS WISCONSIN BOOKS TO PRISONERS FROM SENDING BOOKS...

France: Incarceration Nation. French prisons are becoming an embarrassment.

Posted on August 02, 2008
Incarceration Nation French prisons are becoming an embarrassment. Tracy McNicoll Aug 2, 2008 It's an especially hot summer in French jails. In July, the number of detainees hit 64,250 people?the highest number since World War II, when jails were crowded...

NY Times Editorial: "'The Jungle,' Again. A story from the upside-down world of immigraiton and labor."

Posted on August 02, 2008
August 1, 2008 Editorial, NY Times ?The Jungle,? Again A story from the upside-down world of immigration and labor. A slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, develops an ugly reputation for abusing animals and workers. Reports of dirty, dangerous conditions at the...

Running While Black

Posted on August 02, 2008
August 2, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Running While Black By BOB HERBERT NY Times Gee, I wonder why, if you have a black man running for high public office ? say, Barack Obama or Harold Ford ? the opposition feels compelled...

MD: Mayor's dogs killed by SWAT after cops deliver pot

Posted on August 02, 2008
Mayor's dogs killed by SWAT after cops deliver pot 07/31/2008 @ 6:33 pm Filed by Associated Press BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. ? A SWAT team raided the home of a Washington, D.C.-area mayor, killing his two black Labrador retrievers and seizing...

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