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Idiot of the Day: Driver Abandons Busload of Ex-Prisoners at Store
From cnews.
Driver Abandons Busload of Ex-Prisoners at Store
by The Associated Press
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) — A driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for the day were over, police said.
The 40 passengers had been paroled or released from the state prison in Huntsville.
A very interesting article about the American prison system
Source: The Economist Lexington A nation of jailbirds Apr 2nd 2009 From The Economist print edition Far too many Americans are behind bars THE world’s tallest building is now in Dubai rather than New York. Its largest shopping mall is in Beijing, and its biggest Ferris wheel in Singapore. Once-mighty General Motors is suspended in a limbo between bail-out and bankruptcy; and the “war on terror” has demonstrated the limits of American military might.Prison Blues: States Slimming Down Inmate Meals
Prison blues: States slimming down inmate meals By SHANNON McCAFFREY ATLANTA (AP) — The recession is hitting home for inmates, too: Some cash-strapped states are taking aim at prison menus. Georgia prisoners already didn't get lunch on the weekends, and the Department of Corrections recently eliminated the midday meal on Fridays, too. Ohio may drop weekend breakfasts and offer brunch instead.Why We Must Fix Our Prisons
Why We Must Fix Our Prisons By Senator Jim Webb Publication Date: 03/29/2009 America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace. Its irregularities and inequities cut against the notion that we are a society founded on fundamental fairness. Our failure to address this problem has caused the nation's prisons to burst their seams with massive overcrowding, even as our neighborhoods have become more dangerous.Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers
STANDISH, Mich. – Federal and state officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to begin assessing its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. About a dozen state officials were joined by 18 representatives from the Defense, Justice and Homeland Security departments and the Bureau of Prisons on the tour of the lockup in Standish, said Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections.Some Guantanamo prisoners could be released in U.S.
Some Guantanamo prisoners could be released in U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners could be released into the United States while others could be put on trial in the American court system, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday. Holder, who was chosen by President Barack Obama to lead the administration's efforts to close the U.S.Prison Wear Store Opens in Berlin
From sfgate.com.
PRISON WEAR STORE OPENS IN BERLIN
By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Writer
Friday, February 22, 2008
A new store is selling fashions produced and inspired by prisoners, including a T-shirt that was designed by inmates in Texas.
Striped shirts, gray hoodies and dark brown jackets are the mainstay of the men's collection at Haeftling, or Prisoner, which opened Friday in the German capital.
Why is this Puppy in Prison?
How can a dog mend fractured lives? How can men shuttered away from society find hope from behind prison walls? How can a disabled child be given a new chance at independence?
Judge tosses inmates' suit over prison chicken
BURLINGTON, VT - A federal judge in Vermont has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a prison chicken dinner was too foul to eat. The suit against ConAgra Foods Inc. was filed by Christopher Butts and two other men who had been inmates in Vermont but were sent to a Kentucky prison because of Vermont overcrowding.Wesley Snipes requests New Jersey prison
Wesley Snipes has requested he be allowed to serve his three-year prison sentence at a facility near his New Jersey home. The Blade actor was handed the term by Florida judge Judge William Terrell Hodges after he was convicted of failing to file his taxes for five years. His legal team have asked the judge and prison officials to house him in a federal prison as close to his home as possible - and officials have vowed to accommodate his wishes.
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