Empty Colorado Supermax Prison Needs Inmates: Got Any Ideas?

Bill Ritter proposed last January, together with other cost-saving measures, delaying the opening of the state's new $200-million supermax prison by one year, to July 2010, saving the beleaguered state $2.7 million.

Most lawmakers in the state, including the corrections director, are against selling the supermax building to a private company.

Wrexham prison plan back on the agenda

WREXHAM council chiefs are expecting to be involved in talks about finding a fresh location for a North Wales prison within the next few weeks.

Wrexham Council leader, Cllr Aled Roberts, said recently he was prepared to discuss the possibility of the prison being built in this area.

Taxpayer foots $2 million prison shoe bill

WA taxpayers will foot a $2 million textiles bill for Casuarina Prison convicts to fashion footwear for the state's inmates.

"During the 2008/09 financial year a total of 45,580 pairs of prisoner footwear were supplied through the boot shop at a production cost of $298,602.

URUGUAY: Prison Without Bars Offers True Rehabilitation

After spending time in three overcrowded maximum security prisons in Uruguay, he finally landed in a rehabilitation centre where work and respect are central pillars. Now he runs a bakery which supplies 200 inmates as well as the guards.

The National Rehabilitation Centre (CNR), which operates in an old psychiatric hospital, is a model prison practically without bars that has an extremely low recidivism rate among its former inmates.

Rodr�guez spent time in the prison named Libertad � which paradoxically means "Freedom" � located 50 km from Montevideo, where the 1973-1985 military dictatorship kept hundreds of political prisoners. He was also held in the Santiago V�zquez Penitentiary Complex, the country's largest prison, and in La Tablada, both of which are located on the outskirts of the Uruguayan capital.

Prison inmates to give form to NID's furniture designs

AHMEDABAD: Move over designer furniture shops, Prison Inc has got a new array of intricately carved wooden furniture and state-of-the-art show pieces.

Creating the best out of waste could not get any better than this. Leftover wooden chips from furniture workshop inside Sabarmati Central Jail have been given a new form that could liven up any corporate office or modern house.

Four final year students of product designing course at National Institute of Design (NID) have been roped in to work with various production units of Gujarat prisons to give the designer touch and make value addition to furniture, bakery and chemical production units of the jail. The team includes Dhaumya Mehta, Priyanka Chauhan, Sachin Ravindran and Abhishek Anupam./

The existing logo of Prison Inc might also get a new look.

Okongwu Demands Release Of All Prison Inmates

He further advocated the relocation of Kaduna Convicts Prison to another part of the state.

When asked the basis of his appeal, considering the fact that some inmates had pleaded guilty to offences, he said, “Anyone who comes out from the fire will not want to return to it.

OSCE trains Kyrgyz prison officials

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe announced Monday it began training Kyrgyz prison officials in conflict-management techniques.

"The OSCE center (in Bishkek) is offering this course to foster the prevention and resolution of conflict situations in prisons, to alleviate aggression and to provide better social and psychological help to inmates," said Andrew Tesoriere, head of the Bishkek center.

Woman tried to smuggle phone into prison down her pants

A WOMAN who tried to smuggle a mobile phone into Addiewell Prison in her pants narrowly avoided being jailed.

Last week at the court Stevens, whose address was given as Wellgate, Lanark, pled guilty to attempting to smuggle the phone into the West Lothian prison.

Prisoners riot at Addiewell prison

A POLICE investigation has been launched after inmates at Addiewell prison sparked a riot, injuring a guard.

The prison is run by private firm Kaly

Prison inmates to give form to NID's furniture designs

AHMEDABAD: Move over designer furniture shops, Prison Inc has got a new array of intricately carved wooden furniture and state-of-the-art show pieces.

Creating the best out of waste could not get any better than this. Leftover wooden chips from furniture workshop inside Sabarmati Central Jail have been given a new form that could liven up any corporate office or modern house.

Four final year students of product designing course at National Institute of Design (NID) have been roped in to work with various production units of Gujarat prisons to give the designer touch and make value addition to furniture, bakery and chemical production units of the jail. The team includes Dhaumya Mehta, Priyanka Chauhan, Sachin Ravindran and Abhishek Anupam./

The existing logo of Prison Inc might also get a new look.

Linderman gets lengthy prison sentence

He was also sentenced to 16 years in prison in Washington County, Minn., on convictions for burglary, assault and attempted kidnapping.

Linderman broke into the home of a Lakeland, Minn., attorney and attempted to steal a car. The homeowner, Keith Radtke, 27, struggled with Linderman and was shot in the side. In the meantime Radkte's wife called 911 and the attorney was able to hold Linderman until police arrived.

Ashley Smith's family sues over death in prison

The lawsuit alleges federal corrections staff — from senior bureaucrats to prison guards — engaged in a "conspiracy" that endangered Smith's life by "unlawfully" segregating her for nearly a year and not taking proper action after she was declared a suicide risk.

"By not intervening with her physically they were able to duck their requirements of use-of-force reports, so the intention and hope [of the suit] — by properly looking at circumstances surrounding Ashley's death and the conduct of public officials — [is] in the end to avoid another death," Falconer said.

Man who threatened police officers with a knife given prison time

This morning, Shumway was sentenced to one-and-a-half to three years in prison for the crime. The sentence follows a guilty plea June 23 to menacing a police officer, a felony.

Noonan wasn't without sympathy, but also wasn't about to cut him any slack (the sentence Noonan imposed was arrived at through a plea bargain).

Man who had gun at party avoids prison

Dillon, 22, pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm in a public place on September 20, 2008, and was given a 28-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, and with supervision for 18 months.

“But that phone call suggests you weren't pointing it at anybody.

Robot reviews: Prison Pit & The Squirrel Machine

Let's begin with Prison Pit, which is nothing less than a continuous, no-holds barred, violent assault on the eyes. It is literally one god damned, bloody fight scene after another, with only the barest smidge of dialogue and plot allowed to get in the way. The book's genius lies in Ryan's sheer nerve and imagination in setting up these battles; he constantly ups the ante in the most bizarre and inventive ways possible. It's certainly the first time I've ever seen pus used as a deadly weapon.

And then suddenly both guard and convict go spinning Alice-in-Wonderland-like, all the way down the Grand Guginol rabbit hole.

Death crash driver back in prison

A drunk motorist who was released early after being detained for causing the death of his passenger, has been told to serve the remainder of his sentence.

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