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Aging Prison Population Strains Tight State Budgets

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Jerry Madden, Leonard Hudson, Human Rights Watch, A.T. Wall, Elderly Inmates, Coyote Ridge, Elderly Prisoners, Cost of Elderly Inmates, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Jamie Fellner, Crime News

NEW YORK — In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elder...

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Top 10 Most Notorious Prisons In The U.S.

newsone.com | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: United States Penitentiary Marion, Sing Sing, Attica, Folsom Prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, San Quentin, Leavenworth, Rikers Island, Crime News

For many Americans, Sing Sing, Leavenworth and San Quentin are well-known code words for crime. Newsone has compiled a list of 10 notorious U.S. co...

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From Death Row Inmate To Acclaimed Author

The Guardian | Erwin James | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: In the Place of Justice, The Farm: Angola USA, Authors, The Jungle, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Wilbert Rideau, Death Row Inmates, Books News

Wilbert Rideau spent 44 years behind bars. Now he's campaigning for society to help prisoners start a new life....

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