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crime
The Aryan Brotherhood ... New Yorker
Sex offender uses registry to look for other sex offenders to date .... San Francisco Chronicle
It's OK in the UK to use 'reasonable force' against burglars ... Daily Mail
A Talk with Philip Zimbardo...Edge
The making of a molester...New York Times Magazine
Police credit zero-tolerance policies for murder drop...Times Online
Software looks for similarities in crime records...New Scientist
Man uses online registry to attempt to kill sex offenders...Boston.com
Most NYC  inmates come from a few neighborhoods ... Village Voice
Does general deterrence exist? ... Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
Weak economy, low violent crime rate bucks theories ... Record-Journal (Connecticut)
Cops: broken windows policing gets results...Record-Journal/AP
Texas cops arrest a woman for selling a vibrator. ..San Francisco Chronicle
UK may tag pedophiles...Guardian Unlimited
Crime is at a 30-year low, but why?...Christian Science Monitor
Meeting fear head-on...BBC
FBI questions a man over anti-Fox News article...Creative Loafing
Fear of crime on the rise...Economist
Hang the juries...Slate
When is it rape?...SFGate.com
Experts: Bad economy = more crime...USA Today
Expert: Computer crime as serious as real-world crime...ZDNet (UK)
Book review: "Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South"...Reason
England, Wales have highest crime rates...telegraph.co.uk
The building that prevents crime ... The Detroit News
Mental illness common among addicts...USA Today
Barbershop opines on LA's murder rate...Christian Science Monitor
LA: No city of angels...AlterNet
Central Park jogger case continues...Christian Science Monitor
The Case of the Central Park Jogger...Village Voice
NYC gets safer ... Christian Science Monitor
When filling your tank gets you prison time ... CTV.ca
And shoplifting gets you life ... Slate
Rape victims try 12-step programs ... USA Today
Violent crime continues to drop ... USA Today
Corporate crime is old hat ... San Francisco Chronicle
Op-Ed: Call a crime a crime ... TomPaine.com
Op-Ed: Bad market spurs corporate focus ... Wall Street Journal
Op-Ed: Bush wasn't a good crook ... Village Voice
Bush's plan not 'very dramatic' ... Christian Science Monitor
The new corporate 'know-nothings' ... Salon
Op-Ed: For Gotti crime paid in fame ...Village Voice
White-collar crime on the rise ... Common Dreams/New York Times
Op-Ed: Prison the thing for white-collar criminals  ... BusinessWeek Online
Innocent man tangled in child sex harassment charges ... Boulder Weekly
Virginia first state to apologize for old eugenics program ... BBC
Medical examiner describes job helping rape victims ... BBC
Rape victims get  'dream therapy' ... BBC

punishment
Mental health courts instead of jail ... CNN/AP
Police study: Pre-K cuts down on crime...NewsNet5
Erasing the guidelines? ... Slate
More mentally ill in prisons than in hospitals...Psychiatric Times
Critics: prosecutors too hard on corporate lawbreakers...USA Today
Ashcroft: Illegal immigrants can be locked up indefinitely...San Francisco Chronicle
Wrong place, wrong time...CBS News
UK survey: Blacks more likely to be imprisoned than whites...Guardian Unlimited
Community members confront convicted johns...Hudson Institute
Mug shot vs. romance...St. Petersburg Times
On the corner of Rapist and Molester...St. Petersburg Times
How to nail a CEO...Christian Science Monitor
Tagging sex offenders...Guardian Unlimited Observer
Hacking into prison... for life...CNET
Fugitive caught after 32 years leading law-abiding life ... Nashville Scene
Law would give life sentences to some computer criminals ... New Scientist
Bush calls for stiffer penalties ... CBS News
School of Americas protesters convicted ... Common Dreams/SF Chronicle
Op-Ed: Let's pay juries ... BusinessWeek
Op-Ed: Jail no place for hackers ... ZDNet
Berkeley launches center for study of inner peace ... CNN/AP
Canadian sex offenders Web site draws fire ... The Globe and Mail
Criminal records cripple ex-cons' new lives ... Christian Science Monitor
Ky. removes sex-crime victims' names from reports ... Freedom Forum/AP
Test can prove rape without sperm ... New Scientist
Op-Ed: Pardons kill? ... Washington Post
Networking and freebies at the Congress of Correction convention ... Salon
Innocent man caught in Tampa spycam ... St. Petersburg Times
Teachers' union to offer murder insurance ... Guardian
Classical music deters crime? ... USA Today/AP
Op-Ed: Crime isn't up; More people are reporting it ... Washington Post
Therapists sentenced in girl's 'rebirthing' death ... Washington Post/Reuters
Violent crime drops 15 percent in 2000 ... USA Today
Court rules against stun-belt use in court ... San Francisco Chronicle
Op-Ed: Questions in McVeigh case should be answered ... Slate
Victim's father forgives McVeigh ... Washington Post
Is China selling prisoners' organs? ... Village Voice
Tennessee considers castrating sex offenders ... Salon
DNA testing disputed ... Washington Post
Castration for sex offenders ... Salon
The NRA's buddies in Washington ... Salon
Can declining statistics be trusted? ... TIME
Are Web sites to blame for hate crimes? ... Salon
Three strikes gets stiffer in California ... San Francisco Examiner
Too much security? ... Salon
Befriending your child's killer: ultimate peacemaking?...Salon
New York now safer than Boise?...CNN
When a trend isn't...The Christian Science Monitor
Pepper spray used on logging protesters...CNN

death penalty
Republicans want a faster death penalty ... Reuters/Yahoo News
Less death in Texas? ... Christian Science Monitor
The executioner's tale...Village Voice
Why are death sentences dropping?...Christian Science Monitor
Slow, irksome death...Modbee
A Japanese photographer on his images of American juvenile offenders on death row ... The Japan Times
The number of condemned hit a 30-year low in 2003. Except in Texas ... MSNBC
Texas death penalty opponents hope crime lab scandal changes juries' minds ... Christian Science Monitor
Medical societies support ending the juvenile death penalty...amednews.com

Texas juries must mull offenders' future offenses ... New York Times
Should doctors participate in executions? ... Macon Daily/Reuters
Some California counties use the death penalty more than others...SFGate/AP
A look at the final meals requested by the condemned...Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Green River case may impact capital punishment...Seattlepi.com/AP
Injection lethal, but not humane?...Daily Telegraph
Book review: Edison & the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death...The Economist
No mercy in Texas...The Atlantic Monthly
Off-Broadway show tells of innocents on death row...The New York Observer
Irreversible mistakes...Salon (free pass available)
Op-Ed: Victim's race affects death penalty...USA Today
Man on death row for 18 years, despite recanting witnesses...Salon (free pass available)
Book review: The Death Penalty: An American History...New York Review of Books
Fla. agency that fixes improper death sentences close...Christian Science Monitor
A look at Illinois' death penalty moratorium...CounterPunch
Ryan vs. the death penalty...Slate
Some death sentences flawed...CBSNews
Death appropriate for 16-year-olds? ... Christian Science Monitor
Op-Ed: Some crimes deserve death ... USA Today
Turkey abolishes death penalty to get into EU... CNN
Inmate faces death penalty-- again ... Charlotte Observer
Executing the death penalty a little at a time ... Slate
Ashcroft really, really wants the death penalty ...Washington Post
New death penalty ruling a spanner in the works ...Christian Science Monitor
More tinkering with the death machinery ...Christian Science Monitor
Op-Ed: James Q. Wilson on executing retarded offenders ... National Review
Some capital punishment statistics ... CourtTV.com/AP
Court strikes down executions of mentally retarded ... CNN
Scalia: Death penalty 'not immoral' ... First Things
Will state moratoriums kill the death penalty? ... Common Dreams/Toronto Globe & Mail
More executions in Texas ... Amnesty International
Illinois to keep death penalty, with changes ... CBS News
Texas county helps keep death row full ... Houston Chronicle
Study: Link between black population, death penalty ... Ohio State University
Mentally ill man spared death sentence ... BBC
Study: Death penalty 'errors' damaging legal system ... CNN
Texas prison reporter discusses executions ... New York Review of Books
Death row cases reviewed over police chemist concerns ...Washington Post
China leads world in executions ... BBC
Prisoners spending more time on death row ...Washington Post/AP
World court rules against US in execution of two Germans ... CNN
Is ad portraying family cheering McVeigh's death for real? ... The Austin Chronicle
Texas bill banning execution of mentally handicapped vetoed ... CNN
Study: Kill a criminal, save 18 lives ... FoxNews
Retarded criminals vs. the death penalty ... Salon
Europe troubled over death penalty, McVeigh execution ... TIME
Support for death penalty weakening ... Salon
Tucker's 'earthly price'...Lubbock Online (Texas)
The death penalty gains support ...Christian Science Monitor

drugs
Police discover connection between meth and ID theft ... MSNBC
"Nick now claims that he was searching for methamphetamine for his entire life..." New York Times
MS patient imprisoned for obtaining pain medication...Cato Institute
Michigan may drug-test welfare recipients... Detroit Free Press

Who's doing time? ... Village Voice
Police drug raid a family who uses too much electricity...San Diego Union-Tribune

Thomas Chong imprisoned over his son's pipe company...LAWeekly
Mass. to relax bans on Sunday alcohol sales...Christian Science Monitor
Passengers in drug cars may get arrested too...Christian Science Monitor
Scientists to track marijuana via DNA...Court TV
Fake drug-checkpoints net arrestees...Rocky Mountain News
Drug program to use family ties to treat offenders...Christian Science Monitor
Jury angry over pot-grower's case...Reason
States in new rights fight over pot...Christian Science Monitor
Study: marijuana not a "gateway drug"...UPI
Drug czar: modern marijuana is 30 times stronger...Slate
Group offers addicts birth control, sterilization ... Village Voice
Nevada DA: Drug cartel backs legal pot ... Las Vegas Sun
Medical pot user gets his weed back ... Santa Cruz Sentinel
Pot growers to sue DEA for its plants ... CNN
Govt. urges treatment for teen drug users ... CNN
Teens say there are less drugs in schools ... Christian Science Monitor
Moms fight harsh drug laws ... Salon
Anti-drug programs are expensive ... Philadelphia Inquirer
Op-Ed: Why heroin should be legal ... Guardian
FAQ: Legalizing pot in Britain ... Guardian
Britain's ex-drug czar issues warning ... Guardian
Student drug tests go extracurricular ... Salon
Op-Ed: Medical marijuana a jail-worthy cause ... Alternet.org
Surprise. Anti-drug ads don't work ... National Center for Policy Analysis
Scot prisons offer heroin to inmates ...Scotsman
Cops scratch their heads over medical pot ...Modesto Bee
Study: Ancients used mind-altering drugs ... BBC
Britain rethinks cannabis laws ... This is London
Critics take on government's new anti-drug campaign ... Salon
England backs off drug war ... In These Times
Judges fed up with drug sentencing ... Salon
Marijuana cures cancer? ... Alternet.org
Kansas requires drug dealers to buy tax stamps ...Topeka Capital-Journal
DARE fails ... GothamGazette.com
America's drug jihad ... Salon
Drug war leads to boom in women prisoners ... Salon
Treatment for drug users back in vogue ...Christian Science Monitor
Questioning the war on drugs ... The Nation
State tries new approach with drug users ...Christian Science Monitor
US continues 'war on drugs' in Colombia...Salon


guns
San Fran gun ban ... Christian Science Monitor
Ban the toy guns; keep the real ones...Christian Science Monitor
Gun crimes grow in London ... BBC
Study links juvenile murder rate, gun laws ... CNN
Did Dems Trade Kids for Guns? ... Salon
Can guns be made safer?...Christian Science Monitor
And if guns aren't the problem...BBC News


investigations
Whose prints are in the FBI database? ... Slate
Employers must use flawed national databases to find ex-cons ... MSNBC
Red-light cameras ... Christian Science Monitor
Actual CSI is nothing like CSI ... BBC News
The FBI retires Carnivore in favor of commercial eavesdroppers...SecurityFocus
How long do police departments store evidence?...Slate
Chicago neighborhood gets crime cameras, opinions...Northwest Indiana News/AP

Is crime a brain problem?...The Guardian
The roots of Columbine...Slate
Juries don't quite trust digital images used as evidence...Boston.com
Tips for tipsters...WTOL-TV
The ever-versatile Patriot Act...MSNBC
ID theft helps jail wrong man...The Village Voice
Prosecutors against the use of DNA evidence...The Guardian (UK)
Bearing false eyewitness...Popular Science
Lying to oneself & others...Eurekalert
Australian study: security cameras don't reduce crime...Ninemsn/AAP
Short test identifies psychopaths...BBC
Police look to biometrics...Silicon.com
Can software cut down recidivism?...City Journal
Book reviews: Forensics a hot topic...Guardian
How to tell when someone's lying...The Observer
New software can identify a face from 15 million records in one minute...BBC
Texas DNA crime lab closed over tainted tests..Christian Science Monitor
British genetics commission: DNA theft should be a crime ... Guardian
Polygraph tests: influential junk ... Salon
When witnesses are wrong ... Frontline/PBS
Spy cameras hit LA beaches ... Washington Post
Man released from prison after 22 years thanks to DNA ... CNN
States collecting DNA from nonviolent offenders ... USA Today
Curbing crime in New Orleans ... Christian Science Monitor
Quality of fingerprint evidence challenged ... The New Yorker
A look at Florida's parole monitor technology ... MSNBC
Britain fills out its DNA database...This is London
The corporate lawyer as whistle-blower...Christian Science Monitor
More spy cams in Brit homes...BBC News
Why the DC snipers got away with murder...SFGate.com/New York Times
Courtroom artists draw critical attention...The Globe and Mail
George Orwell meets Philip K. Dick...The Christian Science Monitor
Polygraphs: Unreliable and the government loves them ... Mother Jones
Op-Ed: Snipe hunt for best death jurisdiction unseemly ... Baltimore Sun
Profilers miss the sniper ... Washington Post
Science improving crime-fighting ... TIME
Fighting crime is easier on TV ... MSNBC
Sex-offender mapping can shock neighbors ... Christian Science-Monitor
I was an informant for the FBI ... Village Voice
Did legal abortions kill off crime? ... The American Prospect
'Earwitnesses' unreliable ... BBC
Will DNA testing revolutionize investigations? ... City Journal (NYC)
What 'broken windows?' ... The Chronicle of Higher Education
Science advances murder probes ... Reason
Scientists: genetic 'bad seed' found ... BBC
Op-Ed: DNA databases a good idea ... USA Today
Tampa residents mug for cop cams ... Wired News/AP
Eyewitness testimony often inaccurate, usually convincing ... Slate
School drug tests don't work ... Salon
Can police search bus riders for drugs? ...Christian Science Monitor
Kid porn fight leads to questions on thought crimes ... Alternet.org
Bad evidence: Bullets can't be chemically matched ... New Scientist
Justice Dept. case database to update crime victims ... ZDNet News
100th death row inmate free due to DNA ... USA Today
Traffic cameras used to make money, not save lives ... The Weekly Standard
Broken windows is 'aesthetic policing' ... Boston Review


juveniles
Dogs help kids in court ... Wichita Eagle/Seattle Times
Schools offer prizes to student snitches ... CNN/AP
Behavior modification schools accused of abuse ... Deseret Morning News
California agrees to cut juvenile offenders some slack ... Wired News/AP
Nylon whipping stick no longer available...Boston Globe
Ex-'crack baby' tells all ... Youth Communication
Zero-tolerance = zero crime?... Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel
Boys who sent a man to prison for sexual abuse now claim false testimony... New York Times
Supreme Court considers whether executing juveniles is cruel, unusual... Christian Science Monitor
DARE in the dumps...Boston.com
School zero-tolerance policies strike again...Salon
Chicago tries alternatives to locking kids up...Christian Science Monitor
Child's trial may spark new consideration of trying children as adults...Slate
Canada's 'spanking law' is in for it...London Free Press
Fewer children are being sentenced to death...Christian Science Monitor
Just say no to headaches...Shreveporttimes.com
D.C. sniper trial revives discussions about death for juveniles...Christian Science Monitor
Teen's story about blowing up his school earns him a felony...Wired News
Tough times for girls...Christian Science Monitor
Theory: certain foods turn certain kids into criminals...Guardian Unlimited
Court isn't kid stuff...USA Today/AP
Parents failing the Drug Test...Slate
Educator pushes for peace programs in schools...CNN/Reuters
Study: The poor spank more...Slate
Teen held in detention center for insulting his principal online...Freedomforum.org
Op-Ed: When is homophobia child abuse? ... Gay City News
Profile: How kids do time in an adult prison ... Newsday
SC justices challenge death penalty for minors ... CNN
Is the juvenile justice system racist? ... Newsday
Kid steals six-pack, gets 10 adult years ... St. Petersburg Times
Smoking teens land in Missouri adult court ... Columbia Daily Tribune
Study: Spanking does more harm than good ...Washington Post
Fourth-graders given detention for 'finger-gun' game ...Denver Channel
Boy who shoots spitwad convicted of felonies ... San Francisco Chronicle
School drug tests don't work ... Salon
UK juvenile offenders subjected to Shakespeare ... Times Online
Maryland settles with boot camp inmates for $4M ... Insight on the News
Report: Boot camp prisons create healthier criminals ... Times Online
Sixth grader uses knife for science project, gets expelled ... Channel 3000
Teaching kids in jail ... Atlantic Unbound
Killer teens are taking over Vermont ...Atlantic Monthly
Why killer teens are not taking over Vermont ... Slate
Homeless children create own myths ... Miami New Times
Spanking especially harms girls ... Women's Enews
Parents to blame for killer kids? ... Salon
Professor recalls school paddling ... Salon
Youth activities cut crime in the UK ... BBC
Zero tolerance in schools goes off the deep end ... Salon
Zero tolerance nightmare strikes teen ... Las Vegas Weekly
Police take fifth-grader away for weapons drawings ... St. Petersburg Times
Op-Ed: The war on kids ... Alternet.org
Study knocks school zero-tolerance rules ... Fox News/AP
Report: Media overreports youth violence ...Washington Post
Student hot line offers kids cash for tips ...Des Moines Register
12 and life ... Salon
Are whites in denial about school shootings? ... Black Voices
Zero tolerance school policies may not help ... Salon
Teachers suing students over Web pages ...Christian Science Monitor
When a murderer is a child ... Salon
Child abuse lingers into adulthood ... USA Today
Juvenile murders lowest since 1980 ...Washington Post
Boot camp death prompts changes ... CNN
Drug War costs moms ... Salon
1.5 million kids have a parent in prison ... CNN
Europe challenges spanking ...Christian Science Monitor
Yemen bans teen executions ...Christian Science Monitor
Teen punishment goes corporate in CA ... Mother Jones
Less juvenile justice for girls? ...Christian Science Monitor
Tough love: When does it become abuse? ... Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
How tough should juvenile justice be? ...Christian Science Monitor
Youth gambling spreads...Christian Science Monitor
Preteen execution? Could happen...Salon
Chicago paper nixes story from front...CNN
Kids and guns: How do they find each other?...Salon
School shootings still rare...CNN
And if you can't arrest them...C-J Online (Topeka)
War on juvenile crime full speed ahead...The Nation

police
Cops on steroids ... Phillyburbs/AP
Denver cops kill most suspects they shoot at ... Denver Post

Your papers please ... Christian Science Monitor
Do CC cameras reduce crime?...Christian Science Monitor
'We'll kick your ass'...KGET 17
Police in a California town experiment with crime prevention...Fairfield (Calif.)Daily Republic
Giuliani takes "broken windows" to Mexico City...Village Voice
Famous ex-cops cash in on retirement...Forbes
Software links cops...TechTV
Feeling safer already...AlterNet
LAPD set to ignore unverified home security alarms...CBS News/AP
NYPD: Spies R US...Village Voice
Armed civilians are patrolling the US-Mexico border...Seattle Times/LA Times
Police officer shoots handcuffed man 12 times...DenverChannel.com
Urban police rise to immigrant challenges ... Christian Science Monitor
Democracy's secret police: A look at the FBI ... American Heritage
Texas police accused of pocketing cash seizures ... KHOU.com
Non-lethal weapons called 'two-edged sword' ... Village Voice
Bus station cop warns man over reading Esquire ... Salon
Fifth of mentally-ill prisoners go untreated ... USA Today/AP
Survey: Black men report racial profiling ...Washington Post
Porn sites discover Arizona 'jail cam' ... Village Voice
D.C. cops use e-mail to send vile messages ...Washington Post
Police used cameras to scan for criminals at the Super Bowl ... St. Petersburg Times
Officers acquitted in Diallo shooting ... Salon
Use of American batons alters UK policing ... BBC

incarceration
Cali prison boom busts ... Christian Science Monitor
The gangs of Pelican Bay ... NPR
Inmate in love ... San Diego Reader
California inmates dig out mudslides and fight fires...Slate
Texas uses scarce prison space on parolees...Houston Chronicle
Garment keeps suicidal inmates warm, safe, alive...Santa Cruz Sentinel
Prisons are good...Telegraph
Tight budgets force Minnesota felons into jails...Grand Forks Herald/AP
More inmates paying their confinement costs ... Christian Science Monitor
NY court seeks to keep mentally ill out of jail ... Village Voice
Iraq serves time, American-style ... The Nation

L.A. budget cuts release prisoners early...Christian Science Monitor
Angola gets religion...Christianity Today
Op-Ed: Permanent vacations at Club Fed...MSNBC/Forbes
If you're going to prison, go to one of these places...MSNBC
Prison watchdog gets terminated...San Francisco Chronicle
Solitary confinement takes its toll on mentally-ill prisoners...Village Voice
Born in prison, Xavier Ramos spent his whole life there...JournalNews.com
Justifiable rape...Slate
Poor county's new prison brings jobs at  a price...SFGate.com/AP
(Not) healing the sick...Wrongful Death Institute/Harper's
Giving inmates the vote...Christian Science Monitor
Lack of space may mean release of elderly inmates...Christian Science Monitor
Less serious crime, more prison costs...SF Gate/New York Times
MN jail to charge convicts $20 per day...GrandForksHerald.com
Federal Prison Industries may lose federal business...bizjournals
Prison dating services are big business online...Christian Science Monitor
Less money, more inmates may privatize Texas prisons...Houston Press
Calif. inmates can't receive information from the Internet...Salon
Organization finds pen pals for condemned inmates...BBC
States are cutting prison food budgets...CBS News/AP
Program would ban parolees & probationers from tough LA neighborhoods...Christian Science Monitor
Prison rape bill a good idea...National Review
Cali misplaces its sex offenders...SFGate/AP
Cash-strapped states freeing inmates...Christian Science Monitor
Innocent man goes to prison, meets man who did the crime ... Guardian Unlimited
Helping the mentally ill without trampling their rights...Chronicle of Higher Education
Web rights for inmates...CNET
Out of solitary, into the world...USA Today
How to hang yourself...Daily Times (Pakistan)
One good thing about prison...CBSNEWS
Prison radio show gives inmates hope...Mother Jones
County's jails mull selling ad space on walls ... Fresno Bee
UK convict invents prison board game ... BBC
The best prisons ... Forbes
Prison population at record high ... CNN
Faltering prisons saved by INS detainees ... Village Voice
Study details who's filling US prisons ... CBS News
In prison, being rich helps ... Common Dreams/Chicago Tribune
Surprise: Prison rapes spread disease ... UPI
 'Country club' prisons get real ... New York Metro
Mass. inmates to foot bill for jail time ... Fox News
Comfy plans for British prisons  ... Observer/Guardian
Study: Better food, less crime ... Guardian
Prison gangs may be creating terrorists ... Fox News
Prisoner freed two years after judge's order ... The Washington Post/AP
Study: More prisons don't equal less crime ... Common Dreams/New York Times
7UP swallows prison rape ad ... Brandweek.com
Soda pop 'prison rape' ad has critics fizzing ... Mother Jones
Innocent man says prison charged him for expenses ... news.com.au
BBC airs prison experiment reality show ... Guardian
Attached to inmates, town begs to keep prison ... San Francisco Chronicle
California mulls no-contact visits for prisoners -- and their kids  ... Salon
On racism and imprisonment in the US ... Boston Review
Prison uses 'food loaf' for creative punishment ... NPR
Anne Frank diary used to battle inmate prejudice ... Guardian Unlimited
Late evidence may doom prisoner ... Salon
The high cost of prison condiments ... Boston Globe
Twice the punishment for sex offenders ... Reason
Report: Medical experiments on inmates ... In These Times
Private prisons in financial trouble ...American Prospect
Chinese newspaper reports prisoner organ harvests ...Washington Post
Prisons: expensive, disease-infested and a bad investment ... Mother Jones
UK official: Jailing women wastes money ... Guardian
Profits tops for Britain's first private prison ... Guardian
Study: Ex-prisoners face tough futures ...Washington Post
Prison industry transforms prisoners-- the wrong way ... Salon
U.S. must deal with ex-cons ... The Economist
Innocent people remain in jail despite DNA advances ... USA Today
Book Review: Prison Masculinities ... New York Press
Sex offenders sent to mental wards after prison ... Salon
Book Review: Newjack, Going Up the River ... Slate
One of the nation's worst jails ... Salon
'Texas Seven' call for change ... Salon
Drug war leads to boom in women prisoners ... Salon
Sheriff puts Web cam in jail ... CNN/AP
Amnesty International fingers US prisons for rights abuses ... CNN
Justifying private justice...The Nation
 

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