Remission for prisoners will end
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The government announces plans to end automatic 50% remission for all offenders in Northern Ireland.
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The military leaders in Myanmar have decided to release about 4,000 prisoners the leaders admit were wrongly imprisoned. The media in the repressive state, formerly called
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Ministers say attempts to stop drug users from re-offending through treatment are proving successful.
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Inmates who keep up family ties are six times less likely to reoffend, an Edinburgh conference will be told.
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A verdict in the case of Lt. Col Steven Jordan ends the last military prosecution in the prison abuse scandal. But sources tell TIME that charges could be brought for the first time against civilian contractors
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Remaining inmates held at Guantanamo Bay should be freed, says Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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Overcrowding in jails is creating a "disastrous situation" for the health of inmates, a prison doctor says.
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WASHINGTON Officials say at least seven former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who gained their freedom by signing pledges to renounce violence have returned to their old ways since their release from US custody.
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The decision means that the only person on New Yorkâs death row will now be re-sentenced to life without parole.
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Low Moss prison is to close in May, it is announced, sparking fears it will lead to increased overcrowding in other jails.
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The justice secretary unveils plans aimed at cutting reoffending rates and drug use in prisons.
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LANSING, Mich. - Free coffee soon will be off the menu in Michigan's prisons.
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Court and prison staff are threatening to walk out in the New Year over a pay dispute
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By Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 13--Missouri prison officials have until Oct. 27 to submit a revised protocol for putting condemned inmates to death, a federal judge ordered Tuesday.   U.S.
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A judge Tuesday threw out Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to transfer thousands of inmates to other states to relieve prison overcrowding. Schwarzenegger said he would immediately appeal, saying dangerous convicts might otherwise have to be released early.
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The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move its terror suspects to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.
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More than 1,000 prisoners are to be freed later ahead of schedule as part of a move to ease prison overcrowding.