Prison gang wars force fearful inmates to plead for segregation
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New generation of violent inmates blamed for growth of gang culture in prisons
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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 an inmate a day died violently in Venezuela's crowded prisons last year, as riots and weapons trafficking ran rampant behind bars, a human rights group said in an annual report.
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By The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 3--All over California, there are more inmates than spaces for them in county jails and state prisons.
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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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Family detention centers for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in the United States are like prisons, where residents face harsh discipline and lack adequate health care, two advocacy groups said on Thursday.
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Despite gaining their freedom by signing pledges to renounce violence, at least seven former prisoners of the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned to terrorism, at times with deadly consequences.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; The U.S. Supreme Court, hearing arguments in an unusual segregation case, challenged California state lawyers Tuesday over a prison policy that separates inmates by race for their first 60 days behind bars.
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Triads are fuelling a trade that has seen a surge in violence in the aready crime-riddled Cape, writes Sam Kiley.
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. - A pair of shackles. That's all that stood between a Potomac Highlands Regional Jail inmate and potential freedom.  Edward E.
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Rival groups of inmates battled with guns, grenades and machetes at a prison in El Salvador on Wednesday, killing at least 31 prisoners.
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Maximum-security confinement may be pushing already unstable criminals -- "the worst of the worst" -- toward mental breakdown. And that's not good for any of us
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CHICAGO -- Interested inmates at Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa receive teaching material that declares: "Criminal behavior is a manifestation of an alienation between the self and God. Acceptance of God and Biblical principles results in cure through the power of the Holy Spirit....
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The arrests of 32 young people on their way to a friendâs wake have gotten widespread attention; police say they feared gang violence.
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Rival groups of inmates battled  with guns, grenades and machetes at a prison in El Salvador on  Wednesday, killing at least 31 prisoners.
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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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School segregation saga has dragged the state into a confrontation with its segregationist past that illuminates the uneasy race relations of its present.