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VA - Hanger Seeks Reprieve For Halfway House - October 24, 2009

 

Wrongfully Convicted Man Gets $14M - October 20, 2009

 

The High Cost of Empty Prisons - October 11. 2009

 

Stop the Spread of Infectious Disease - October 5, 2009

 

Richmond cuts and Troutville winces - September 13, 2009

 

VA - Failing Grade - September 12, 2009

 

The Problem of Sex Offenders - September 11, 2009

 

Think Vietnam Vets Were Screwed? Wait Until You See How Many Veterans of Bush's Wars End up in Jail - September 9, 2009

 

Violent cons' release fought - September 06, 2009

 

The Recession Behind Bars - September 5, 2009

 

Exonerated Prisoners Find Prosperity - September 4, 2009

 

VA- Some inmates eligible for parole held longer than guidelines suggest - September 3, 2009

 

CO - Inmates to Be Released in Budget Move - September 2, 2009

 

Exclusion policy on early prison release ruled invalid - August 26, 2009

 

Study shows denying prisoners parole does little to reduce crime - August 25. 2009

 

Calif. won't send prisoners to Michigan - August 19. 2009

 

Inmates help nation's food banks - August 18, 2009

 

Death Row Prisoner Wins Hearing - August 18, 2009

 

Va. Jail Agrees to Halt Censorship of Religious Mail - August 12, 2009

 

The Tragedy of Our 'Disappeared' Veterans - August 12, 2009

 

R. Dwayne Betts:  Author of "A Question of Freedom" - 10 Aug 2009

 

Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? - August 8, 2009

 

44 years after landmark act, voting rights still needed - August 6, 2009

 

Unjust and ineffective:  America has pioneered the harsh punishment of sex offenders. Does it work? - August 6, 2009

 

Prisons not the answer to crime problems: Attorney General - August 3, 2009

 

Is Corrections, Work Peace Work? - August 3, 2009

 

State wrestles with criminally insane - August 2, 2009

 

Fake Tracking Dog Sent Man to Prison - July 31, 2009

 

PA - Study finds many juveniles transferred to adult court in Pa. - July 29, 2009

 

VA - Beyond bars - July 28, 2009

 

TX - First Comprehensive Policy Study on Trying and Sentencing Children as Adults Finds 22 States May Sentence Children as Young as 7 to Adult Prison - July 28, 2009

 

12 and in Prison - July 27, 2009

 

Juvenile justice system examined at gathering - July 25, 2009


Correctional Medical Services: Since when do their nurses decide who gets medical care? - July 24, 2009

 

1 in 11 Serving Life in Prison - July 23, 2009

 

ACLU Seeks End To Censorship of Religious Material By Virginia Jail - July 9, 2009

 

In Prisoners’ Wake, a Tide of Troubled Kids - July 5, 2009

 

Guards are the worst prison-rapists - June 27, 2009

 

Release of National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Report and Standards -

June 23, 2009

 

Federal Commission Unveils Landmark Proposal to Stop Sexual Abuse in U.S. Correctional Facilities - June 23, 2009

 

Ending Prison Rape: "A Signal of Hope" - *Video Reports* - June 23,2009

 

Eliminating Prison Rape - June 23, 2009

 

States could lose money over prison rapes - June 23, 2009

 

A Prison Nightmare - June 23, 2009

 

Supreme Court actions on Thursday - June 18, 2009

 

Supreme Court denies DNA test to rapist - June 18 , 2009

 

Unparalleled and Denied - June 18 , 2009

 

Drugs Won the War  - June 13, 2009

 

America's Prisons: Is There Hope? - June 11,2009

 

Screening Milwaukee County inmates would save money, but is unlikely - June 4, 2009

 

Report: New York Offers Model for Cutting Crime and Costs in Illinois - June 4, 2009

 

To Win Drug War, Just Buy the Stuff - June 2, 2009

 

Court says suspects can be interrogated without lawyer - May 26, 2009

 

Prison Cell-Phone Use a Growing Problem - May 26, 2009

 

Halfway House Takes Sink-or-Swim Approach - May 19, 2009


Faith effort welcomes returning citizens - May 15, 2009


Mental health courts increase despite debate - May 5, 2009

Non- Emergency Transportation of Inmates - April 20, 2009

Net worth: America now has the largest incarceration rate in the world
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April 12, 2009

A better way - April 6, 2009

Prison cuts would free hundreds of felons, critics contend - April 1, 2009

Shrinking State Budgets May Spring Some Inmates - March 31, 2009

Why We Must Fix Our Prisons - March29, 2009

Jim Webb's courage v. the "pragmatism" excuse for politicians - March 28, 2009

PA - Despite Red Flags About Judges, a Kickback Scheme Flourished - March 27, 2009

Webb takes on next challenge: Nation's prison system - March 26, 2009

VA - Restoration of voting rights examined - March 26, 2009

VA - Bond Agents: Regional Jail Won’t Unlock Information on Inmates - March 24, 2009

VA - New program readies inmates for life after jail - March 23, 2009

VA - Mental health system is still overstressed - March 23, 2009

VA - Critics target Va. judge-selection process - March 21, 2009

VA - Forensic experts gave flawed evidence in 4 Virginia cases in ‘80s, study finds - March 16, 2009

Va., Tenn., Among States with No Attorney-Client Sexual Relations Ban - March 16, 2009

Editorial: Bring more sunshine to the courts - March 16, 2009

NM - New Mexico Legislature votes to end death penalty - March 14, 2009

Bills Could Reorganize Farming and Criminalize Organic Farming - March 10, 2009

Va. inmate forcibly carried to death chamber - February 20, 2009

Ex-felons start over in bad times - February 18, 2009

Investigating Judge Keller - February 18, 2009

Spiraling prison budgets — there is a smarter way - February 13, 2009

Strapped states eye prison savings - February 13, 2009

Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash - February 11, 2009

CA - U.S. judges seek massive California prisoner release - February 10, 2009

VA - Inmates Who Should Walk - February 10, 2009

Reducing recidivism - an exploration of one county’s effort, Part II - February 9, 2009

Court Orders California to Cut Prison Population - February 9, 2009

NY - Rockefeller Laws: An End in Sight - February 8, 2009

Get smart on crime - February 7, 2009

VA - With so little work, parole board needs pay cut - February 6, 2009

VA - Nonviolent Inmates Could Get Out Early - February 3, 2009

VA - Virginia House of Delegates Ask Carolyn LeCroy to Keep Up the Good Work - January 31, 2009

VA - Partisanship Blocks Prison Savings Plan - January 29, 2009

VA - Hurt opposes early release of criminals - January 28, 2009

VA - Another Jail Death, and Mounting Questions - January 27, 2009

VA - Panel hears inmate’s language appeal - January 27, 2009

Rehab, Not Relapse - January 26, 2009

VA - Time, Funding Running Out For Halfway Home - January 24, 2009

VA - Some drug offenders could be released early, Va. official says - January 23, 2009

VA - House GOP wary about early exits for model inmates - January 23, 2009

Getting smart on crime — and prison time - January 22, 2009

VA - Last Push for Gemeinschaft House Funding - January 22, 2009

VA - Lowering the Costs of Virginia’s Prison System - Jan 18th, 2009

VA - '95 Law Denies Early Release to Nearly All of State's Prisoners - January 18, 2009

Helping the children heroes - January 15, 2009

AZ - Confession by boy in dual killing is set aside - January 7, 2009

VA - Study to put Va. juvenile justice issues before lawmakers - January 5, 2009

Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform - December 29, 2008

In Prison at the 'End of the Earth' - December 28, 2008

VA - Kaine’s plan calls for release of inmates - December 20, 2008

VA- Earlier Releases from Prisons? - December 18, 2008

VA- Doing Right and Doing Well - December 14, 2008

Woman's compassion for inmates earns CNN's attention - November 12, 2008

Smart on Crime - November 6, 2008

Ex-con's videos keep inmates, kids in touch - CNN.com - June 13, 2008

Hire ex-con in Philly, get $10K annual tax credit - May 27, 2008

Day 11 Walk 4 Life - April 16, 2008

VA - Measure to reduce cost of prison system dies in subcommittee - February 05, 2008

VA - Annette E. Blankenship Letter to the Editor - January 28, 2008

Eligibility for parole doesn’t guarantee an early release - October 13, 2007

Safe Rape: Condoms Go to Jail - March 20, 2007

Re-Entry and the Rising Sun - February 1, 2007

VA - Va. Death Penalty Expansion Approved - January 27, 2007

Male rape cases are serious - December 12, 2006

Transition programs are essential for nation's prisoners - December 5, 2006

VA: One New Prison, Two New Prisons, Three New Prisons, Four… - August 01, 2006

Jailhouse Blues - April 18, 2006

VA - Rally for Prisoners Rights at State Capitol - January 16, 2006

No Place For Children: Voices From Juvenile Detention - 2005

America's Prisons: Factories for Perverting Justice - November 2003

Violated Felons - October 1, 2003