Overcrowding at jail criticised
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Too many inmates are living in "dreadful conditions" at  Perth Prison, an inspector's report concludes.
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Warning that the nation&#039;s largest prison system is dangerously overcrowded, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday summoned lawmakers into a special session to decide whether to build two new prisons and adopt other relief measures.
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Plans to increase the amount of time for which terrorist suspects can be held without charge are criticised.
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons says improvements to the system are under threat  because of overcrowding.
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A judge seeks a solution for a 'public nuisance of a major kind' who repeatedly breaks an anti-social behaviour order.
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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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More prisons will be built and criminals will serve their full sentences, under Tory plans if they are elected.
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A man at the centre of a row about prison overcrowding is jailed for four years for child sex offences.
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Advocacy groups for immigrant families and the Department of Homeland Scurity are at odds over detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania that critics argue are inhumanely housing adults and young children in jail-like conditions.
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Â· Rise in suicides to one-third of all deaths Â· Campaign group blames overcrowding Â· Mentally ill inmates 'need care, not punishment'
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More than 200 inmates staged an uprising Tuesday on the roof of their prison to demand the ouster of the warden and seek better conditions.
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A sheriff calls for the way prisoners are monitored by police to be improved after a death in custody.
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Prison officers are struggling to control a group of al-Qaeda terrorists who are clashing with other serious offenders in one of Britain's high-security jails
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Staff at one of Scotland's toughest jails admit they are losing the battle against drug smugglers.
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Up to 1,200 criminals were being released from the overcrowded prison system today as the government's early release scheme came into effect.
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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 state's corrections system is dangerously overcrowded and in crisis. A federal panel is about to render a judgment that could force open prison doors.