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• Commissioner proposes inmate labor to reduce Harris jail crowding

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 478
  Im glad to see folks in Houston finally getting serious - really for the first time in years - about finding solutions to jail overcrowding besides building more cells and hiring more guards. Via Kuff , I was pleased to learn from the Houston Chronicle (" Inmate labor plan on the table ," Dec. 8) that: Harris ...
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• Putting prisoners to work

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  This sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee has proposed that the county consider putting more prisoners to work cleaning local bayous and parks. The plan would give working inmates three days’ credit per day served in jail instead of the two they receive now so they could ...
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• Former FBI director to review handling of info on Fort Hood suspect

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 141
  There are federal prisoners being held in county jails around this country on terrorism charges and who have most probably NOT killed anyone, and this Nidal Malik Hasan character is being charged with premeditated murder??  Former FBI Director William Webster was appointed Tuesday to conduct an independent ...
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• Former FBI director to review handling of info on Fort Hood suspect

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 141
  There are federal prisoners being held in county jails around this country on terrorism charges and who have most probably NOT killed anyone, and this Nidal Malik Hasan character is being charged with premeditated murder??  Former FBI Director William Webster was appointed Tuesday to conduct an independent ...
  11 hours ago

• Former FBI director to review handling of info on Fort Hood suspect

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 141
  There are federal prisoners being held in county jails around this country on terrorism charges and who have most probably NOT killed anyone, and this Nidal Malik Hasan character is being charged with premeditated murder??  Former FBI Director William Webster was appointed Tuesday to conduct an independent ...
  11 hours ago

• Harris DAs drug-policy change will improve equity, jail crowding

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 478
  Pretty big news out of Houston today on the drug-policy front. Harris County DA Pat Lykos announced a change in her offices charging policy on low-level drug offenses that will put Houston in line with other Texas jurisdictions, but has the police union seething (" DAs crack pipe policy stirs storm ," Dec. 9): ...
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• Bernstein responds to “Jail Misery”

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  I guess I missed this one, but on November 19, the Houston Press published a story called Jail Misery by Randall Patterson that was about Monte Killian, an HIV-positive person who had recently spent time in the Harris County jail. Much like an earlier article by Patterson called Jail Hell , it painted an extremely ...
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• Former FBI director to review handling of info on Fort Hood suspect

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 134
  There are federal prisoners being held in county jails around this country on terrorism charges and who have most probably NOT killed anyone, and this Nidal Malik Hasan character is being charged with premeditated murder??  Former FBI Director William Webster was appointed Tuesday to conduct an independent ...
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• Womens theater in jail

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 478
  Heres an interesting sounding womens theater project in Austin sponsoring a program at the Travis County jail: Conspire Theatre is a sponsored project of the Austin Circle of Theaters, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Our first project was a five week theatre workshop in Travis County Correctional Facility (Del Valle, Texas) ...
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• Proposed law would allow concealed guns at Univ.(GA)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  One piece of legislation coming from members of the Georgia House of Representatives could have bearing on students right to bear arms. State Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica), has been working on a piece of legislation that could affect students ability to carry a concealed weapon on campus. If passed, House Bill 615 ...
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• Uttar Pradesh official asked to explain failure to bring Ansari

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A city court Monday sought the response of Uttar Pradesh prison authorities over the failure to bring independent legislator Mukhtar Ansari before it.Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain took a serious view of the Uttar Pradesh officials’ failure to bring Ansari, facing charges in a case ...
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• Four doctors visited Israeli soldier held in Gaza Strip: report

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Gaza/Tel Aviv, Dec 6 (DPA) A team of four French doctors visited the Gaza Strip last week to examine an Israeli soldier held there for three-and-a-half years, ahead of a possible prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.There was, however, no official confirmation from Israel or Hamas of the report, which appeared ...
  4 days ago

• Sheriff Kidnap victim, children kept in backyard compound

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 170
  know the subject of either the literature or the planned talk. A police officer “thought the interaction between the older male and the two young females was rather suspicious,” so she confronted them and performed a background check on him, Kollar said. That check revealed that Garrido was on federal parole for a ...
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• Sheriff Kidnap victim, children kept in backyard compound

  
  chocobaby.luv.ph — Authority: 164
  know the subject of either the literature or the planned talk. A police officer “thought the interaction between the older male and the two young females was rather suspicious,” so she confronted them and performed a background check on him, Kollar said. That check revealed that Garrido was on federal parole for a ...
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• China Activist Speaks out from Inside ‘Black Jail’

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 621
  AP managed to speak with Zheng Dajing , an activist who was detained in a so-called black jail on Friday during activities to mark China’s “Legal Publicity Day”: Zheng was being watched by a guard inside the locked room, who protested loudly at first to the interview but then walked away. Other guards earlier ...
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• China activist speaks out from inside ‘black jail’ (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - A Chinese activist who has spoken out about the countrys "black jails" said Saturday that he was being held against his will in one of the unofficial detention centers used to discourage people from complaining to the central government.
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• China activist speaks out from inside ‘black jail’ (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - A Chinese activist who has spoken out about the countrys "black jails" said Saturday that he was being held against his will in one of the unofficial detention centers used to discourage people from complaining to the central government.
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• Inside Israeli jails, the Real victims of a Cry for Justice

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 169
  Jesse Rosenfeld Amid the growing media fever over a possible prisoner swap involving the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held by Hamas, another young captive has a less visible public profile Read More......( read more )
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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
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• The Tradition of Granting Clemency, and Second-Guessing It

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Again in the news, clemency for inmates is a staple of the season.
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