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  1. Court Workers on Strike
  2. Pizza and Porn in Prison
  3. Innocents' in Prison
  4. Escape baffles Drumheller prison staff
  5. "Drumheller Ductman"s moved to max-security (Surprised?)
  6. barbecue held at Saskatoon's Regional Psychiatric Centre
  7. Calgary mother gets 8 years
  8. CANADIAN NEWSLETTERS by, and for inmates
  9. Study finds high number of preventable inmate deaths
  10. Who are the BAD GUYS in Kingston Pen??? (Story A)
  11. Who are the "BAD GUYS" in Kingston Pen? (Story B)
  12. Privately FUNded Super Jail Profiling
  13. Guarding the guards - from the TO Star
  14. Canadians not regeristring guns
  15. Riot at Montreal Detention Centre
  16. Canada's Women's Prisons Inadequate
  17. Prison staffers protest
  18. Riot at Kent???
  19. Inmate dead, another injured as fires set in B.C. prison riot
  20. 17 yrs old. Sentencing July 17th.
  21. Corrections may ink deal on jail tattoos
  22. Prison condom order altered
  23. Stun guns coming to jail
  24. LockDown
  25. After years in prison Driskell free on bail
  26. 1975 BC Pen Hostage Crisis
  27. Things that make you go .... hhhhhmmmmm!!!!!
  28. Another brilliant government idea
  29. Joyceville...in lockdown?!?!?
  30. Taser kills another person
  31. Mountie death sentencing
  32. Article-Milgaard inquiry to begin
  33. Homicide in Canadian and American Cities
  34. NEWS ARTICLE-Police declare war against hooking
  35. News article- Witnesses to Toronto bus shooting fail to come forward
  36. A sad loss in canadian history - Pierre Berton
  37. News-Baby stable but still unclaimed
  38. NEWS- FUTURE FOR NHL TEAMS OILERS & FLAMES
  39. NEWS- CSC- National Memorial Service Offers Chance to Honour Fallen Colleague
  40. NEWS-Correctional Service Of Canada Responds
  41. NEWS-CSC-Addictions and the Offender Population
  42. Article-Stephen Truscott wants name cleared of murder conviction
  43. Article- Twin paternity puzzle could make history in Canada
  44. Prison News and Events - Canada - Welcome!
  45. Robert Baltovich to get new trial
  46. Jail time for 'deadbeat' parents may double
  47. BC Prison Staff takes fresh Parolee home with her... LOL
  48. NEWS-Manitoba law takes aim at spoils of crime
  49. 15th Anniversary Montreal Massacre
  50. Article: Deserter Seeks Asylum In Canada
  51. Mountie convicted of killing prisoner gets house arrest
  52. Article:Karla Homolka still a danger to society-Parole Board review
  53. Judge snoozes during sentencing hearing
  54. Article:Penetanguishene-No room left for psychiatric treatment
  55. Canadian victims of tsunami-families to collect forensic evidence
  56. Article: U.S. fugitive loses appeal for bail
  57. Article: Up to 20 inmates in brawl - Remand Centre put in lockdown
  58. Article: Prison health care shocker
  59. Article:Inquiry into 16 yr. old's death at courthouse
  60. Article: Prison officials in Nfld. to reassess lockdown at penitentiary
  61. Article: Prisons for profit
  62. Article:Wrongful convictions targeted in report
  63. Article:Appeal court lets innocent man sue lawyer
  64. Article- Prison Tatto Parlours
  65. Article-Inmates to battle butt ban
  66. Article-Federal prisons to butt out
  67. Article-Canadian Prisoners Donate to Tsunami Aid Efforts
  68. Article- prison medical treatment
  69. NEWS- Gangs all there
  70. NEWS-Correctional service promises changes in womens jails
  71. NEWS- New rules for female killers?
  72. NEWS- Stony ranks high in weapons haul
  73. NEWS-Walker set to come home
  74. NEWS- Prefer women's prison over alternative
  75. Article:Prisons overloaded with mentally ill
  76. Article: Award-winning bank robber found not guilty
  77. Article: Another 'miscarriage of justice'
  78. Article:Young man in Taber, Alta., school shooting moving to Ont. half-way house
  79. Article:Man at centre of 'no means no' sex assault case faces new trial
  80. Article:Two accused Air India bombers acquitted of Canada's worst mass murder
  81. Woman falsely accused child sex abuse takes case to Supreme Court
  82. 2001 Drumheller Riot.. any information?
  83. Article:Soldiers fearful after woman charged with aggravated assault in HIV case
  84. Article-Pardons: Wiping the slate clean
  85. Article:Pathologist lost crucial evidence in murder case
  86. Article:Police calling for changes at National Parole Board
  87. Article:Prison plan for dangerous women not working on killer who prompted policy
  88. ARTICLE- Deal with the devil' stands
  89. Article-Ontario won't charge Homolka in sister's death
  90. Article- Ontario calls for restrictions on Homolka after release
  91. Article-Parole Board Keeps Karla behind bars
  92. Article-Karla Homolka denied statutory release
  93. Article-Toronto police cancel Amber Alert for baby
  94. Article-Inmates use rights to disrupt jails
  95. Anyone wanna go to the "Unlocking Innocence" International Justice Conference...?
  96. Cops Gag Blogger & seize 'puter ~ Canadian CENSORSHIP?!
  97. Tattoo parlour for prison
  98. Canada takes bold step on marijuana
  99. Karla Homolka in Montreal?
  100. Afghani pop star killed on street after Vancouver concert
  101. Drunk driver who killed twice gets 15 years
  102. Woman gang raped 25 years ago sues crime compensation board for $11 million
  103. Article:She's a master manipulator without remorse, inmates say
  104. Criminal prosecutions questioned following pathologist's work
  105. NYTimes:In Blow to Canada's Health System, Quebec Law Is Voided
  106. Karla Homolka hopes to apply for pardon one day
  107. Officials have plan to whisk Homolka safely from prison upon her release
  108. OMG~~~ My son's biological father just went back in last night......
  109. Manitoba must take action to avert major meth problem: RCMP
  110. Drug bust snares 49 in Chatham ~ London Free Press
  111. Homolka faces few options when she emerges from prison
  112. Strangers volunteer to help freed Homolka
  113. Prison worker unharmed after hostage incident at federal institution in B.C.
  114. Mark your calendars: Aug 10 Prisoners' Justice Day in Canada
  115. Bernardo denied bid to go public about Homolka
  116. Homolka's mom to help her after leaving prison
  117. Homolka wants judge to order a media ban
  118. Homolka in fear for her life ~~ London Free Press
  119. Top court search-warrant ruling upholds press freedom, public right to know
  120. Homolka will have to face public, media without any restrictions
  121. Prison guards stage protest outside prison as Homolka gets ready for release
  122. Homolka leaves prison after 12 years
  123. Child killer wants media gagged
  124. Homolka gives TV interview after release
  125. Death toll??
  126. Guardian:Canadian child killer freed from jail amid protests
  127. Homolka will need circle of friends
  128. Woman's family rallies behind husband accused in her death
  129. Judge concerned but rejects inmate bid to declare treatment illegal
  130. Corrections Canada Going Smoke-Free By 2006
  131. Corrections Canada unveils new parolee database
  132. Toronto cop convicted in beating of Somali man 2 years ago
  133. Edmonton Remand Centre guards charged with assault
  134. Family of man who died in police lockup says inquiry taken too long
  135. Guardian:The disappeared
  136. 70 year-old Nova Scotia man gunned down by RCMP
  137. Riot at maximum security prison in Renous, N.B.
  138. Homolka quit job before boss went public with allegations against her
  139. Quebec government to compensate man wrongfully imprisoned
  140. Supporters urge immediate bail for 'innocent' man in jail for almost 13 years
  141. Onetime literary award nominee asks for early parole for first-degree murder
  142. Man whose murder conviction under review released after 12 years in jail
  143. James Maltar shot by OPP in holding cell during struggle
  144. Toronto man who killed 11-year-old epileptic son not criminally responsible
  145. Addiction units in Canada's prisons help offenders out of crime cycle
  146. Union warns Ontario transfer of parole system to feds would endanger public
  147. Inmate wins smoke suit
  148. Son jailed for not caring for aging father
  149. Justice minister refuses to ban conditional sentences in violent crime cases
  150. Six-month penalty for stock tipper
  151. Federal prison guards picket over lagging contract talks
  152. Child killer cases first under review
  153. 15 in jail waiting for psychiatric assessments
  154. Restorative Justice Week Nov 13-20
  155. Prison tattoo parlour busy
  156. Please read before posting articles
  157. Dorchester is 125 years old
  158. Inmates Raise Money For The Children's Wish Foundation
  159. Critics denounce mandatory minimums for gun crimes as political pandering
  160. Prisons try snitch line to fight drugs
  161. If they are sick, why do we jail the mentally ill?
  162. Edmonton prisoner needed pills prior to guard scuffle and fatal elevator fall
  163. Lord Black may regret citizenship:'U.S. prisons are simply unsafe,'
  164. A Prison Makes the Illicit and Dangerous Legal and Safe
  165. Black wants citizenship back:could allow transfer to Can.prison if convicted in US
  166. Researcher Joseph Pannell ordered back to U.S.
  167. NYTimes:A Prison Makes the Illicit and Dangerous Legal and Safe
  168. Study targets drug use in prison
  169. Prisoners should have access to proven HIV prevention methods
  170. Truscott report concludes "miscarriage of justice"
  171. Homolka gets all release conditions quashed
  172. Prison Lockdown (Millhaven)
  173. Youth imprisonment drops by half
  174. Article: Harper Wants Mandatory Minimum Sentences
  175. Article: Alberta/Cop college bid due soon
  176. Article: Prison Guards Call for Protection
  177. Article: Canadian Federal/Officers warn about hazards
  178. Quebec appeal court recommends youth court judge's removal
  179. Article: Program has inmates supervised by 'lifers'
  180. Article:Christmas in the joint
  181. Article:Incarceration rate hits two-decade low
  182. Sharin Morningstar Keenan
  183. Fugitives From Other Places Go to Canada to Escape the Heat
  184. Article: Prison Guards Fear HIV, But Oppose Clean Needles
  185. Prison inmate dies following stabbing
  186. Article: The quiet fire within
  187. Article: Planning underway for $250M facility
  188. Cop computers at risk
  189. Ontario Parole board gets reprieve
  190. Saskatchewan Penitentiary:Inmate slain hours after arriving at prison
  191. Article: Prison ministry teaches need for giving unconditional love
  192. Review of pathologist's work could add to ranks of wrongly accused in 2006
  193. About 35,500 prison inmates eligible to vote in federal election
  194. Prisoners’ right to vote under fire
  195. Please~help~canadian In Vietnam
  196. Canadian dying in Vietnamese Prison
  197. EBay pulls sale of inmate records
  198. Two prisoners die in jailhouse fire on troubled Ontario reserve
  199. Homolka's jailhouse letters posted briefly on eBay
  200. Article:Higher pay for ex-cons irks prison guards
  201. Article: Program aims to help halt cycle of gang violence
  202. Article: Elections Campaign - Crackdown on Crime
  203. Poll: Elections and Anti-Crime campaigning
  204. Illegal strip search brings $10K award
  205. Federal inmates have to butt out
  206. Canada's third-world prisons:Cruel and unusual punishment
  207. 'Guantanamo North' - New Detention Center to house Terrorism Suspects at Millhaven
  208. Brockville, Ontario: Secure treatment complex for the mentally ill prisoners
  209. Prisoners getting ‘air mail’ drug delivery?
  210. Joint RCMP and Correctional Service Canada Drug Strategy Results in Multiple Seizures
  211. NUPGE asks Harper to address young offenders' legislation
  212. New terror jail spied
  213. Ex-cons win sex-abuse case
  214. Group slams mandatory minimum sentences
  215. Freeing imprisoned spirits
  216. No charges against Paul Bernardo after he confesses to multiple rapes
  217. David Asper testifies Canadian justice system was enemy in Milgaard case
  218. Inmates may have to serve full time, says minister
  219. Stockwell Day spends day touring border, prison hot spots
  220. BC: Community drug courts coming, A-G promises
  221. Vernon BC: Widow of man in home-invasion death sues federal agencies
  222. Event: Uof Manitoba, Author of Justice Behind the Walls
  223. Alberta: Jail Guards Face Vest Delay
  224. Book: Con Game: The Truth about Canada's Prisons
  225. Freeing imprisoned spirits
  226. Fraser Valley CF: Prison meal hearty, made fresh
  227. Was the wrong man hanged?
  228. Ont. MPP wants sex offender registry put on-line
  229. Community input needed in justice system: B.C.'s Chief Judge
  230. Slain parole officer's partner calls for inquiry
  231. New drug-rehab court hears its first cases
  232. Time to get rid of statutory release
  233. Saint John, N.B. - Presumed Guilty
  234. Air India bombing figure denied parole
  235. Students taught about early signs of abuse
  236. Historic Canadian Prison/Prisoner/Corrections Records, Archives & Photographs
  237. B.C. government dreams of a segregated society
  238. Canadian Charter of Rights - The Kirpan Decision/The Supremes fail again
  239. Abuse tied to Iowan's restraint chair
  240. TOEWS Want 'Thugs' Locked Up Longer
  241. Do not pair up junior officers, a coroner's jury recommends
  242. Sex Laws / Harper Goverment Gives Priority to Anti-Sex Legislation
  243. Canadian reporter in prison in Belarus after covering anti-government demo
  244. Youth jail stats suggest new youth justice act is working, say experts
  245. Witness protection leaves man in limbo
  246. Manitoba:Inmates' advocates impatient for closure of women's jail
  247. Manitoba to build women's prison
  248. Tory platform would create prison-building boom: experts
  249. Conservatives will introduce mandatory minimum sentences
  250. Prime Minister Harper's address to CAN PROF Police Assoc
  251. Racism rampant in Toronto jails, 2 guards say
  252. Make all criminals give a DNA sample: Investigator
  253. Conservatives operating on GG warrants to run government
  254. Fugitive caught, 2 remain at large
  255. Jail-moms to raise kids
  256. Treated well in Belarus jail, reporter says
  257. Brampton super-jail for youth opposed
  258. Crown urges lighter sentence, $2M in restitution for Toronto shooters
  259. Centres target troubled youth
  260. Canadian jailed in Uzbekistan faces execution in China
  261. Civilian agency to probe police conduct
  262. Wife of man arrested in Uzbekistan returns alone
  263. Canada opens new prison facility for security suspects
  264. Prison violence on rise
  265. New Brunswick: Churches can give ex-prisoners hope
  266. Supreme Court gives thumbs up to DNA data bank
  267. Guards demand con blood tests
  268. Parole crime dips
  269. Canada / New 2006 budget / more prisons /Gov. expecting many more prisoners in Canada
  270. New sentencing rules will put more criminals in jail, at hefty cost
  271. Fighting crime with politics
  272. Extreme law always results in extreme injustice
  273. Filling the jails
  274. Stony Mountain Penitentiary: Inmate died of asphyxia: autopsy
  275. Stony Mountain Penitentiary: Lockdown
  276. Cops Seek Kelowna Escapee
  277. Prison system failing women despite repeated calls for change, critics say
  278. Crime bill sets mandatory minimum sentences
  279. Current Bills in debate or up for admendment in Parliament
  280. Halifax drug offender first Nova Scotian to wear GPS device
  281. Canada warned against U.S. style drug crackdown
  282. Canada's first privately-run jail returns to the public sector
  283. Prisoner transferred from U.S. to Canadian facility
  284. Peaceful Demonstration At Millhaven Institution
  285. CONTRABAND AT DONNACONA INSTITUTIONh
  286. Kent Institution Locked down as of May 7_06
  287. UN human rights commission questions Canada on wrongfully convicted
  288. Colin Thatcher granted day parole
  289. Transsexuals can choose male or female officer for strip search
  290. Biker gang member killed in federal prison as inmates look on
  291. Mother wrongly charged in killing daughter, not allowed to sue doctor
  292. Terror suspects' lawyers slam prison conditions
  293. Supreme Court of Canada hears anti-terror law appeal
  294. Truscott review begins
  295. Day in jail enough for youth guilty of manslaughter
  296. Remand inmate says he was raped in cell
  297. Three-week lockdown at Edmonton maximum security prison
  298. SIU's suicide ruling stuns brother
  299. Chief justice laments high cost of going to court
  300. Do kids, 10, belong in court?
  301. Street-gang influence expands in prison
  302. Phillion,convicted in 1967 slaying, gets new hearing
  303. Ont. courtroom TV coverage could be coming soon
  304. Housing members of rival gangs together is helping to cut inmate violence
  305. Appeal Court rules Alta. Mountie who shot prisoner not exempt from jail time
  306. Demanding body fluid tests illegal: Court
  307. Bill on repeat offenders introduced in House
  308. Kingston Penitentiary No Smoking Law
  309. Winnipeg teens charged in 'random' homicide
  310. NEWS: Ottawa seeks to deport U.S. sex offender.
  311. Ex-biker leader Boucher denied request to visit dead father in funeral home
  312. Stopping access to safe prison tattoos creates public risk
  313. Electronic monitoring project to track high-risk offenders
  314. Police nab child abuse suspect in online chat
  315. Ex-Mountie going to prison for sex assault of prisoner
  316. Ontario's legal aid imposes strict limits on funding
  317. Auditor general's report slams former prison official over salary
  318. Ottawa cuts funding for prison tattoos
  319. Costs mounting for 'very expensive lesson' for N.L. justice system
  320. Prison Guards to be Armed with Stun Guns
  321. TV cameras allowed in Steven Truscott appeal
  322. Top court bars use of criminal evidence obtained through hypnosis
  323. Inmate found dead in Kingston Pen
  324. Karla Homolka
  325. Crown, police cited in Driskell's wrongful conviction
  326. CO shoots self with prison issue weapon
  327. Alberta jails ban nicotine patches after inmates light up
  328. ~~does anyone know if Mastqui in Abbostford is truly on "lock down" since yesterday??
  329. Assaults rising in Canada's federal prisons
  330. Inmate VINCENZO (VINNY) CIPOLLONE passes away in Muskoka Hospital
  331. Joyceville... on lockdown?
  332. Prison official tells Montreal war crimes trial about accused's jail beating
  333. Shoplifter wins damages for injury during theft
  334. Ontario faces spectre of wrongful convictions
  335. Article: Mobster jailed in Russo case stabbed
  336. No guaranteed right to a lawyer in all cases, top court rules
  337. Prisoners set fire and cause damage in detention centre near Quebec City
  338. Joyceville going on lockdown Monday June 11, 2007
  339. Toronto Police Beatn Black Man Charge HIM W/ Assault!
  340. Questions about Brian Kelly
  341. Lock down in Penetang
  342. Riot at north fraser?
  343. Jailed but not yet found guilty
  344. Move to ban smoking in Quebec prisons raises fears of tension with guards
  345. Ontario court acquits Truscott, calling 1959 conviction 'miscarriage of justice'
  346. RCMP faces $47.5-million lawsuit alleging force entrapped former addict
  347. One prisoner critically hurt in violence at Edmonton maximum-security prison
  348. hmmm-CSC management structure changed?
  349. Matsqui guard charged with rape?!
  350. Martin Ferrier working to beat 'monster' rap
  351. Court lets suspects sue police for negligence
  352. Overcrowding at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC)
  353. Mullins-Johnson acquitted of 1993 death of his four-year-old niece
  354. Panel to urge ending early release for inmates
  355. Prison system needs cash infusion to combat violence and despair: ombudsman
  356. N.L. government paying $750,000 to man who waited 8 years for appeal
  357. Tories decide to stop opposing death penalty for Canadians convicted abroad
  358. Joyceville on lockdown
  359. Number of prisoners rises for first time in a decade
  360. Report exonerates staff in prison death
  361. central east correction center on lockdown
  362. collins bay on lockdown?
  363. When the media is reporting
  364. Joyceville - 1 dead 3 taken to hospital
  365. B.C. prison locked down after inmates set fires over privacy concerns
  366. Man killed in Peel halfway house
  367. Guards trained to use pepper spray in maximum security prisons: reports
  368. Is Thunder Bay Jail on lockdown?
  369. Newborn goes to prison in B.C. first
  370. BC Woman raises baby in Federal Prison...
  371. Police emergency response team quells prisoner uprising at B.C. jail
  372. Court allows unjust searches
  373. Inmates Almost Riot At Maplehurt Complex - A Protest Of Conditions
  374. MAPLEHURST JAIL - HUNGER STRIKE - The Beginning - Maplehurst Complex
  375. Toronto East CO on strike
  376. Dying Ontario man gets last-wish acquittal on 33-year-old murder conviction
  377. A bad prison situation is about to get worse
  378. Smoking ban nearing
  379. Anyone know where I can downoad thr following
  380. mountain institution lockdown
  381. Woman baffled by fiancé's death in jail cell
  382. Second prison inmate dies following riot at Mountain Institution
  383. Smuggling arrests at Ford Mountain
  384. * I found this website helpful *
  385. "From the minefields of Kosovo to Kent Prison"
  386. PoCo Prisoner 'terrified' for his life
  387. Nova Scotia jail guards refusing transfer of prisoners: justice minister
  388. Ottawa parents lodge complaint after son, 10, handcuffed by police
  389. Strife ahead as inmates face total smoking ban
  390. 'I get to live the rest my life free': Baltovich acquitted
  391. Mentally ill 'overrepresented' in Canadian jails: report
  392. brenda martin
  393. Joyceville on Lockdown
  394. Home from Mexican Prison
  395. Suspects can confess to crimes they didn't commit: Police officer
  396. Grand Valley institution axes two managers
  397. Canadian federal prisons bans all smoking
  398. Brenda Martin released on full parole
  399. Victoria teen tethered to jail cell door awarded $60K by B.C. jury
  400. Prison staff failed to help inmate who bled to death: report
  401. Justice Behind The Walls
  402. Money-Laundering investigation...
  403. Prisoner Bolts From Don Jail And Grabs Cab To Escape
  404. Crowded jails are leading to violence, guards' union says
  405. Prison guard who aided gangster's escape to be sentenced
  406. 'Changes' to YOA including automatic adult sentences for violent crimes?
  407. Death at Millhaven
  408. I'm so annoyed and sad.
  409. Ex-prison guard gets 64 months behind bars
  410. Death of 19-year-old inmate preventable
  411. 8 inmates stabbed, one shot at Edmonton Institution
  412. Drumheller in lock down (07/05/2008)
  413. Prison Justice Day Rally August 10/08
  414. Steven Truscott to get $6.5M for wrongful conviction
  415. When Synthia Kavanagh will get out?
  416. Stabbing forces lockdown at Matsqui Institution
  417. Federal parolees to wear GPS monitors
  418. Tories may consider to offer part of prisoners' wages to victims
  419. is millhaven reception on lockdown?
  420. Newborns banned from jail cells in B.C. due to safety concerns
  421. Sask gov't puts new policy in place to alert public sooner about jail breaks
  422. Burnaby to fight plans for new jail
  423. Tories to announce cash for prison drugs crackdown
  424. Interrogators must tailor questioning of youth, top court rules
  425. Prisoners in court subsist on granola bar, juice
  426. Grand Valley Inmate sues Corrections over attack at local prison
  427. PM's plan: Life terms for 14-year-olds
  428. Matsqui lockdown October
  429. Penetanguishene Central North Correctional
  430. Movie Central at RRAC?
  431. Inmate dies, another injured in cell at Toronto jail
  432. Inmate stabbed to death in B.C. prison
  433. Bowden Inst. Assault - inmate airlifted to hospital.
  434. Inmate dies, 'natural' causes
  435. Trial for Jeremy Steinke begins
  436. Victoria should reinstate mom-baby jail program
  437. Inmates in seven Ontario institutions face Listeriosis exposure
  438. Bowden Institution
  439. Stabbing of inmate prompts lockdown at Millhaven penitentiary
  440. Prison locked down
  441. Burnaby pretrial centre faces fierce opposition
  442. Two nabbed for delivering drugs to a prison
  443. Bowden in Lockdown
  444. TODAY: Ottawa to introduce bill scrapping two-for-one credit for felons
  445. Matsqui prisoners go on strike
  446. Smoking ban makes hard cases go soft: lawyer
  447. Packed B.C. prison system looks to Ottawa