Early jail release plan expected
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Non-violent offenders could be released early to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.
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Nearly 200 inmates serving time for murder, rape and kidnapping will be eligible for immediate release following a ruling by the Delaware Supreme Court that some life sentences should be considered 45-year terms.
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The justice secretary unveils plans aimed at cutting reoffending rates and drug use in prisons.
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A Jordanian who was sentenced to four years in prison for helping plan terror attacks in Germany has been granted early release, a German court said Friday.
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On Tuesday, a federal judge will announce Al Qaeda recruit's long-awaited prison sentence.
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Naseem Hamed is to be tagged and released from jail a quarter of the way into a 15-month sentence.
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California could see its first execution in nearly three years early Wednesday unless a last-minute appeal is granted or if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger grants him clemency.
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A condemned prisoner planned to tell a joke Tuesday as part of his final statement before being executed for the abduction and killing of a couple who lived next door to him.
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Prison officials and Home Secretary John Reid will meet to draw up plans to deal with prison overcrowding.
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A judge could order as early as Friday that the sole defendant who remains behind bars from the group of teens known as the "Jena 6" must be released.
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Millionaire executive Martha Stewart said on Wednesday she&#39;s ready to go to prison as soon as possible, saying she wants to put her &quot;nightmare&quot; behind her and &quot;reclaim her good life&quot;.
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Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson, who has been jailed by police in Aruba since a Christmas Day beach altercation, will appear before a judge Tuesday morning and could be released.
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By Tim Moran, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--Some inmates in the Stanislaus County Jail may taste freedom several weeks earlier as a result of a change in a work-release program.   The program, in use for 20 years, is called the sheriff's Alternative Work Program.
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U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins will be released this week from a jail near Tokyo, six days earlier than planned, a media report said Thursday.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty-three people who took plea agreements to avoid prison time in Franklin County will get a taste of life behind bars this Christmas - by spending the holiday in jail.
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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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TOKYO -- US Army deserter Charles Jenkins will be released this week from a jail near Tokyo, six days earlier than planned, a media report said Thursday.