Inmate mothers to keep children
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Children up to the age of five will be kept with their inmate mothers as part of a new move at an all-women jail.
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After a long and passionate political debate about the virtue or vice of spanking, a new law went into effect that will allow mothers and fathers to chastize their offspring physically but send parents to jail for up to five years if they beat them too hard.
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New measures offering some persistent offenders an alternative to prison are  unveiled by Cathy Jamieson.
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The mother of a murdered boy renews her call for information on sex offenders living in the community.
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Â· More prisoners being held in police and court cellsÂ· Slopping out returns as repairs are cancelled
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A mother and her partner are due to be sentenced over the murder of a 13-month-old baby.
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Plans to stop youngsters with convict fathers from following them into a life of crime are unveiled.
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Immigrant families, many with small children, are being kept in jail-like conditions in Texas and Pennsylvania, according to advocacy groups that say the Texas facility is inhumane and should be shut down.
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Five children and two disabled women were locked in a basement cell, fed meager food and rarely allowed to bathe, by a couple facing criminal charges over their care, authorities said. The couple were paid $9,000 a month to care for the seven.
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Two high-profile women prisoners in American custody will not be released immediately, the US embassy said in Baghdad, despite an earlier announcement by Iraqi authorities.
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Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday.
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CHINO, California  - A landlocked California men's prison aims to keep inmates from returning to jail by putting them in deep water -- training them for undersea construction and dam repair.
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A juvenile reformatory school in New Mexico is trying to motivate its incarcerated kids by getting parents involved
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By Associated Press  NASHVILLE - The mother of a man accused of escaping from a prison van and trekking hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to see her died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.  Christopher Daniel Gay, 33, escaped from a prisoner transport van Jan.
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A teenage mother who had her baby son returned to her in hospital by order of a judge will fight to keep him.
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By Carrie J. Sidener, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb. 21--A woman convicted of killing her husband will stay out of jail for four months while she undergoes hip surgery.   Campbell County Circuit Court Judge J.S.
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By Karen Owen, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Jun. 24--Local churches are being recruited by a faith-based program to befriend ex-convicts and help them stay out of jail or prison.   Fresh Start for Life Inc.