Prison Violence

Prison Gunfight Erupts

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- State officials say three prisoners have been killed and six wounded in a gunfight at a prison in the violent northern Mexico border st...

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Left and Right Join to Fight Prison Rape

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pat Nolan

It is a scandal that people housed in the custody of the government are not safe from sexual attack. No matter how terrible the crime, the sentence should not include being raped.

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Inmate Slits Guard's Throat In Connecticut Prison

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARTFORD, Conn. — An inmate at the state's highest security prison slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade during a routine security chec...

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What If Released Inmates Stopped Committing Crimes?: Prison Reform That's Already Working -- Like Nothing You've Seen Before

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pamela Gerloff

Let's start changing our lock-up facilities into places that actually cause inmates to change their behavior -- so that when they leave them they never go back.

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