Truemors
AP Reports Florida's New Goal: Rehabilitate Prisoners
INCARCERATION has three purposes: (a) punishment, (b) crime prevention, and (c) inmates' rehabilitation. America's prisons are accused of concentrating almost singularly... 
Canadians paying high price of crime
Barry Artiste, Op/Ed Of course no one can point an accusing finger at Vangroovy for adding to this horrendous Crime Bill, because as anyone knows it is rare the British Columbia Justice System ever sends anyone to... 
Brazil to have special prisons for young adults
Brazilian government has announced a project to build prisons for young adults by 2009. This special prisons will provide inmates with proper academic and vocational courses and health care....
Prisoners in Greek jails go on hunger strike
Prisoners in jails across Greece are set to begin a hunger strike from tomorrow in protest against the conditions under which they are held.Included in their demands are calls for a reduction in sentences, the... 
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Prison Eco-havens
British prisons are becoming eco-havens for many rare species. Prisoners are involved in making bat and bird boxes, and making good habitat areas such as ponds. They also undertake species surveys from their cell... 
Is America a Free Country?
The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano Is America a Free Country? I saw a nifty website by Doug Newman, and what he considers to be free..... 
Transgender woman speaks out on sex abuses, Khmer Rouge trials
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have been accused of many atrocities, but today a 68 year-old transgender woman added a new dimension to the saga when she revealed shocking details of her oppression under... 
Migrant children 'held too long'
"An immigration removal centre has wrongfully detained disabled children and transports families in metal cages, the prisons' inspectorate has found. HM Inspectorate of Prisons said children were detained for too long and left distressed and scared at the Yarl's Wood centre...
JUSTICE QUEST FOR AMERICA'S MENTALLY ILL PRISONERS, by Mary Neal
Isn't it awful about Sean LeVert? He was arrested in March 2008 for overdue child support and put in a restraint chair while undergoing a psychotic episode, according to jail officials. ... Guilty as Ordered
This makes a nice contrast to President Bush's criticism of China's human rights record today. Maybe he should also spend a bit of time cleaning up civil rights abuses in his own country. " Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its...
Enforced Treatment vs. Prison for Acute Mental Patients and Updates, by Mary ...
Who's child is this? It is not often that the public gets to see the loss of control that mental patients sometimes suffer: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=-NZtGz_7WI0> The unfortunate girl in this...Inmates 'sleeping in toilet area'
Prisoners are having to sleep in the toilet area of their cells to ease overcrowding at a jail in northern England, a watchdog said in a report on Tuesday. " HM Inspectorate of Prisons found Doncaster jail held almost 200 more inmates than it had been intended for. ...
Chavez promises overhaul of Venezuela's prisons
After few jail protests and kidnapping, Venezuelan President call for a reform of the criminal code and prison system. Such call is an unfulfilled promise of the current government. " Chavez calls for overhaul of Venezuela's prisons 2008-07-12 22:36:06 - CARACAS,...Dogs' New Trick: Finding Cellphones Smuggled into Jails
It never ceases to amaze me how many different ways dogs are of service to us. "We could all use one from time to time: a dog that can find the darn cellphone.Maryland has three. Their job is to sniff out phones smuggled into prisons. "
Inmates have banned phones
" A SHOCK new report has revealed that Britain’s prisons have been flooded with illegally held mobile phones. The report by HM Prisons Service claimed that one in every 23 inmates had access to mobiles,...
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