Jail system in 'serious crisis'
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The jail system is in "serious crisis" with overcrowding affecting rehabilitation, the chief inspector warns.
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The decision to seek the death penalty for detainees who will likely face war-crimes charges would present new challenges to a troubled system that has yet to begin a single trial.
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A Kenyan human rights group says the death of 56 inmates at a prison this year amounts to a "national disaster".
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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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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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Questions are raised about the mental state of the prison's senior officer just before the abuses there
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The island of Pitcairn must cope with a precarious future as six men face imprisonment over sex charges. The men, convicted of various offences, often involving underage girls, could be jailed in a specially-built prison on the island.
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Â· Research argues that orders are not working  Â· Evidence suggests lack of support for offenders
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Doctors' leaders warn of the potential health risks of putting inmates in police or court cells.
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VICTORIA&#39;S health system is in crisis with revelations that mentally ill patients are being &quot;shackled&quot; to trolleys in public hospitals.
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Inmates are not being sufficiently prepared for release from Glenochil jail, the prisons watchdog says.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering the early release of more than 20,000 low-risk prison inmates from the nation's largest prison system as a way to save money amid a worsening budget crisis, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Fifty prisoners have killed themselves in jail so far this year, compared to 67 for the whole of 2006.
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons says improvements to the system are under threat  because of overcrowding.
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Wishful thinking to solve prison crisis, apparently... The Ministry of Justice is planning to solve the crisis in the UK prison system by fitting prisoners with surgically implanted tracking chips, claims the Independent on Sunday, citing a senior Ministry official. The chips, claims the paper, would be used to keep order in prison and to enforce home curfews.â¦
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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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LOS ANGELES  Overcrowding and staff shortages at Los Angeles County jails is forcing some incoming inmates with medical problems to sleep on floors while waiting to be transferred to cellblocks.