Overcrowding 'hits inmate health'
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Overcrowding in jails is creating a "disastrous situation" for the health of inmates, a prison doctor says.
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The number of prisoners in England and Wales hits a new high for the fourth week running and outstrips jail capacity.
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More than 900 inmates have contracted a fungal infection that can be lethal, and experts are asking why.
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A "shocking" number of people are dying in British prisons and detention centers, with a person killed, committing suicide or dying in questionable circumstances almost every other day, a report said.
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state Department of Corrections to hire more prison doctors within four months, saying that health care for inmates is dysfunctional and endangers their lives.
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A decade after Texas tripled its prison  capacity, the state is once again facing a shortage of space in  its penal system as the number of inmates continues to grow.
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Justice Minister Lord Falconer is expected to announce Tuesday the early release of 2,000 low-risk and non-violent inmates to ease chronic overcrowding at prisons in England and Wales.
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By DON THOMPSON  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As many as 5,000 California convicts will be transferred out of state to ease an overcrowding crisis in the nation's largest prison system, a top corrections official said Friday.
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A "radical" change in prison regimes is needed if inmates are to be ready for life after release, says a report.
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Thousands of prison officers across England and Wales started a 24-strike over pay Wednesday, forcing jails, many of them seriously overcrowded, to lock offenders in their cells.
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By WILSON RING  WINDSOR, Vt. - At the Southeast State Correctional Facility, inmates are subjected to head counts several times a day. Not Ziggy, Marmalade, Smokey and Shane, though - they come and go as they please. They're prison cats - but only for now.
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California's troubled prison system was dealt a setback Tuesday when a judge ruled the state cannot ease its severe overcrowding by transferring inmates elsewhere.
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KINGSTON, ONT. - The Ontario Medical Association has added its name to a list of organizations concerned about increasing rates of HIV and hepatitis C infections among prison inmates.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 10--GULFPORT -- Harrison County supervisors are considering strapping ankle monitoring devices on pretrial, nonviolent inmates and sending them back on the streets as a way to combat jail overcrowding.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised Britain's "obsession" with prisons, as inmate numbers rise.
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An open prison is in danger of becoming a human "warehouse", the chief inspector of prisons warns.
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Too many people with mental health problems end up in prison when they need specialist care, a report says.