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Inmate Who Escaped From Prison Pleads Insanity

AP | Posted 10.27.2011

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STERLING, Colo. (Associated Press) — An inmate who escaped from a maximum-security Colorado prison has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to k...

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Voices From the Inside: Prison News Is Back

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Sadeghi

2010-12-02-quentin.tiffPrisoners make of life behind bars what they can. While for many of them the outside is no longer theirs to experience, there are ways for them to connect to it -- ways like the San Quentin News.

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Pat Quin, Dick Durbin Try To Build Support For Gitmo Inmates' Relocation To Thomson Prison In Illinois

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Sunday tried to build support and counter criticism of a proposal to sell a prison in rura...

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