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At first glance it feels like any Latin American barrio filled with kids. It’s a Saturday afternoon, and a dozen young children are sprawled out on a yard,...
made popular Apr 23 2009
AP, Beijing
China plans to clamp down on inmate abuse at its prisons following more than a dozen suspicious deaths this year, according to a report by the country’s highest...
made popular Apr 20 2009
AP, Columbus
Records show that a superintendent of an Ohio juvenile prison twice handcuffed herself to out-of-control youths to calm them down.
made popular Apr 15 2009
AP, Sacramento
When the quality of health care in California’s sprawling prison system was first challenged in court, it seemed only a matter of time before major reforms would...
made popular Mar 16 2009
AP,
A chronology of events in the disappearance and slaying of Chandra Levy, 24, of Modesto, Calif., a former U.S. Bureau of Prisons intern:
made popular Feb 22 2009
AP, San Francisco
A federal appeals court on Thursday began considering whether Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger can be held in contempt for refusing to release money to improve inmate health...
made popular Feb 12 2009
AP, Sacramento
Without a U.S. Supreme Court reprieve, California will have to free roughly a third of its prison inmates in a few years, and how that can be done safely is still hotly...
made popular Feb 11 2009
AP, Sacramento
A special panel of federal judges has tentatively ruled that California must release tens of thousands of inmates to relieve overcrowding.
made popular Feb 9 2009
AP, San Francisco
A special panel of federal judges pleaded Wednesday for state politicians to fix California’s overcrowded prisons and prevent the court-ordered release of tens of...
made popular Feb 5 2009
AP, Sacramento
A fight over California’s prison health care system escalated Wednesday as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sought to throw out an $8 billion spending plan for inmate...
made popular Jan 29 2009
AP, Sacramento
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Attorney General Jerry Brown are planning to ask a federal court to a stop an $8 billion spending plan for prison medical...
made popular Jan 28 2009
AP, Sacramento
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Attorney General Jerry Brown are planning to ask a federal court to a stop an $8 billion spending plan for prison medical...
made popular Jan 28 2009
AP, Coleman
A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons says eight male inmates have been taken to a hospital after a “large-scale fight” at a federal prison...
made popular Jan 25 2009
AP, Sacramento
The office overseeing California’s prison medical system broke state law by making nearly $27 million in technology purchases without competitive bidding, state...
made popular Jan 23 2009
AP, Dublin
U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision Thursday to shut secret CIA-run prisons abroad brought renewed calls for their locations to be disclosed as well a fresh...
made popular Jan 22 2009
AP, Sacramento
California should be ordered to transfer up to 7,000 ailing prison inmates to facilities with access to better medical care, a court-appointed receiver said Tuesday in...
made popular Jan 21 2009
AP, Sacramento
California should be ordered to transfer up to 7,000 ailing prison inmates to facilities with access to better medical care, a court-appointed receiver said in a court...
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, San Francisco
Three federal judges seem convinced that overcrowding in California prisons is so bad it leads to unconstitutional conditions. Now they must weigh whether ordering the...
made popular Dec 5 2008
AP, San Francisco
Releasing inmates early might be the best remaining option for ensuring that California prisoners receive adequate medical care, a federal judge said Tuesday.
made popular Dec 3 2008
AP, San Francisco
Inmates with open, bleeding wounds routinely use communal showers and suicidal prisoners are sometimes kept for hours inside small cages, witnesses testified in a...
made popular Nov 21 2008
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A simple question how did you travel during the seventh or eighth month of your pregnancy? Hopefully either by a car...taxi or with a transport that was comfortable...
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