McLellan promises look at problems in corrections and parole systems
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) - Canada's public safety minister is promising a closer look at the corrections and parole systems after a recent spate of attacks and murders by convicts who were either living at halfway houses or out on day passes.
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WASHINGTONWith the latest investigation into the military prison scandal in Iraq expected to be released soon, one of the key officers involved at the time said yesterday she&#39;s concerned the probe will not adequately examine decisions made by officers ...
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Inmates are not being sufficiently prepared for release from Glenochil jail, the prisons watchdog says.
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By Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Mar. 8--Corrections Director A.T. Wall was prepared yesterday to tell the  House Finance Committee that the soaring prison population his department now  struggles with isn't just a Rhode Island problem; other states are suffering,  too.
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The law protecting people who intervene to stop crime will be reviewed, the justice secretary will say.
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The law protecting people who intervene to stop crime is to be reviewed, the justice secretary will announce.
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An unusual coalition of former prosecutors, corporate lawyers and civil liberties advocates will tell a congressional panel today to consider legislation that would relax Justice Department policies on charging businesses with crimes.
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Description: Since news of inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison first broke, questions have focused on whether senior officials were to blame.
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A key Democratic senator asked the Justice Department on Monday for an update on its progress prosecuting government employees who were accused in at least 17 cases of abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Chief Inspector of Probation says demands on staff mean many offenders are not being monitored properly.
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A treatment center for sex offenders is failing to meet its central purpose: preparing them to return to society.
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Governors told to move as many inmates as possible to open jails in response to prison overcrowding
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The acquittal of seven guards and a nurse charged in the death of a teenage boot-camp inmate has renewed calls for reform of the state's troubled corrections system
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President Bush may well pardon Scooter Libby. But heâd have to flout Justice Department guidelines in order to do it.
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A classified assessment found that the facilities have been plagued by many of the shortcomings that existed at military prisons in Iraq, creating what the report described as an "opportunity" for abuse.
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The sentence was expected to prompt supporters of I. Lewis Libby Jr. to accelerate calls for a pardon from President Bush.
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Sen. Sam Brownback took his budding presidential campaign to prison this weekend, spent a restless night among inmates and pressed his message that faith can work even to improve the lives of hardened criminals.