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  1. study casts doubt on prison
  2. Man Loses License for Driving Lawnmower Drunk
  3. Moscow: Convicts Get Pardons After Song Contest
  4. Updated website designed by inmates of Germany's largest prison.
  5. Killed 3 people, got 30 years and will appeal again!
  6. Article: Addicted inmates may get needles
  7. Britain Says Blasphemy Laws Will Be Scrapped -- Eventually
  8. Article: Norwegian Prisoner Hires Exotic Dancer
  9. Article-UN slams British jails
  10. Sweden:Killer of Foreign Minister gets life in prison ,not psychiatric care
  11. Article: Man accused of trying to assassinate French president due in court
  12. Church shock at Beckham 'Nativity'/UPDATE Man Damages Controversial Nativity Scene
  13. Article: Islam in Jail: Europe's Neglect Breeds Angry Radicals
  14. Article:Prison inmates donate paintings for charity (Malta)
  15. German Tortured to death
  16. Article: Dutch consider infant euthanasia
  17. Article: Ice rink in the sky lifts Eiffel Tower tourists
  18. Article: MPs critize prison death rate
  19. Article: Ex-Guantanamo inmate describes inhumane conditions and abuse
  20. Article: 10 militants get prison in France bomb plot
  21. Article: British high court tosses out law on indefinite detention
  22. Article: European Union Asks Connecticut To Halt Ross Execution
  23. Article: World’s tallest bridge dedicated in France
  24. Article: Romania miners chief jailed again
  25. Article: Bedtime story from behind prison bars
  26. Article: UK: The gifted suspect broken by his indefinite detention
  27. Article: Nurse murder horror shocks France
  28. Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee Indicates Police Ill-Treatment in Cyprus
  29. Nun donates £70,000 flight bonanza to homeless
  30. Article: Denmark: Study to chart public opinion on crime
  31. Article: UK: Thames jail ship proposal criticised
  32. "Fury At Games Treat For Lags"
  33. Dutch shock at prison swap scam
  34. talk about ingenius but stupid!
  35. Article: (Scotland) Drug-taking on high behind bars
  36. Article:Man arrested in tsunami death email probe
  37. Article: Betty Blue actress with criminal record weds after prison romance
  38. Article: French Court Sentences Art Thief to Prison
  39. Article: British soldier in court martial on Iraq torture charges
  40. Article: New stress/anger management course in Guernsey prison.
  41. Article (UK) Parents of Murdered Inmate Demand Public Inquiry
  42. Article:Britain- no to lethal force against burglars.
  43. Article: (France) Le Pen WWII remark triggers probe
  44. Article: Britain wants court fines linked to income
  45. Article: Harry says sorry for Nazi costume
  46. Article: French test 'chemical castration'
  47. Reuters:Bosnian Serbs Jailed for Srebrenica Massacre
  48. Article: Call to cut prison staff sick pay
  49. Article:(Italy) No Slap on the Wrist for Slap on the Bottom
  50. Article: (Ireland) Student charged in Holohan case moved to 'safer' prison
  51. The Guardian:Accused soldier 'followed orders'
  52. Article: Britain-Hammer killer Stone loses 2nd appeal
  53. NYTimes:3 British Soldiers Court-Martialed on Charges of Iraq Prisoner Abuse Similar
  54. The Guardian:Colonel forced to act after reports of abuse
  55. Article:Ireland-Omagh bombing prisoner wins retrial
  56. Press Association :'Major to blame for abuse case'
  57. It's OK to kill burglars: police
  58. Guardian:Crackdown on dinner party drugs
  59. Record numbers of people in Britain are giving up their spare time to help society.
  60. Article:EU court rules activists in 'McLibel' case did not get fair trial
  61. Guardian:Stop this folly now
  62. Guardian:The law and the war
  63. Guardian:Time to get it right
  64. AP:2 British Soldiers Are Convicted of Abusing Iraqis
  65. Guardian:Rape conviction rate falls to all-time low
  66. Guardian:Russia ordered to pay for Chechen deaths
  67. Guardian:Pass laws have no place in Britain
  68. Guardian:Sex and drugs and the Orthodox church
  69. AP:British Soldiers Get Prison in Iraq Abuse
  70. Observer:Judges to rule on terror orders
  71. Observer:Nowhere to go for teenage runaways
  72. Guardian Comment:From Surrey to Basra, abuse is a fact of British army life
  73. Observer leader:British liberty is under threat
  74. Guardian:Widen the net
  75. Article: French minister quits in flat row
  76. Article: Pedophilia Trial Set to Begin in France
  77. Guardian:Feltham officers 'set up cell fights for bets'
  78. Guardian:Internet child porn offences rise fourfold
  79. Giuardian:MPs warn terror bill may still breach human rights
  80. Guardian comment:Morally, this is indefensible. Politically, it's plain stupid
  81. Guardian Editorial:Cell culture
  82. Guardian:Private firms to police terror orders
  83. Guardian:Criminal gangs use Islam to intimidate victims
  84. Guardian:Sexes equal at mixed prison - but women do the porridge
  85. Guardian:Albert, 15, was a petty criminal. So he was shot
  86. Guardian:Everyday life for the gagged and tagged
  87. Guardian Editorial:Weighed in the balance
  88. Guardian:Sentences for drowning son an insult, says father
  89. Guardian:Life for abused boy who raped teacher
  90. Guardian:Anger as addict gets jail for Asbo breach
  91. Guardian:Asian inmate attacked weeks before racist death
  92. Observer:Chaos as first terror orders are used
  93. Observer Comment:A vote for intolerance
  94. Guardian leader:Serious but settled
  95. Guardian Comment:'When you're broke, I have intimidated you enough'
  96. Article:Greek prison guards on strike over antique guns
  97. Press Association:Jury discharged in Wragg trial
  98. Guardian:Asylum seekers jailed for having no passport
  99. Guardian:First night unit aims to cut jail deaths
  100. Guardian comment:Deported from Dorset
  101. Guardian:Witness scheme to trap gangsters
  102. Guardian:Cannabis law faces review
  103. Guardian:Sleepwalker cleared of murdering father
  104. Guardian:Mob justice or yob control?
  105. Guardian:The stranger at the gate
  106. Observer Leader:How we can right this hidden hurt
  107. Observer:Irish terror groups 'to hit London'
  108. Observer:Children's charity wins £3.7m
  109. Observer comment:The madness in our midst
  110. Guardian:Madrid bombing suspect in court
  111. Guardian:Attacks on Jews and Muslims soar in France
  112. Guardian:Turkish journalists condemn new laws
  113. Guardian:'I'll hold Blair to account'
  114. Guardian:Army recruits still face bullying
  115. Guardian:Jury protest forces fraud trial collapse after 2 years
  116. BBC: Female crime and punishment
  117. Guardian:Cartoonist faces Greek jail for blasphemy
  118. Man has permanent erection (prisoner in Czech Republic)
  119. Guardian:Soldiers jailed for Iraq abuse to appeal
  120. Guardian:Asbo bans family from home town
  121. Guardian:Met targets gangs' grip on minorities
  122. Guardian:Officers suspended after prison death
  123. Observer:How Hitler spent his last days
  124. Guardian:When a boss turns into a bully
  125. Guardian:His life outside
  126. Article: Muslim terror trial opens in France
  127. Guardian:Ex-Yukos man gets 20 years
  128. Observer Comment:Life on the knife edge
  129. Dutch article about Harry Bout
  130. Guardian:Euthanasia law moves closer
  131. AP:Hungarian Sentenced to Prison for Spying
  132. Guardian Comment:A triumph of hearsay and hysteria
  133. Guardian:Judge slates 'banana republic' postal voting system
  134. Article:Swedish inmates strike for right to pump iron
  135. Article in this weeks Nieuwe Revu about the case of Harry Bout
  136. Guardian comment:Justice for all who can afford it
  137. Guardian:Judges to quash drug convictions
  138. Guardian:'I let go of her hand' (assisted suicide)
  139. Guardian:(France) Police violence unpunished
  140. Guardian:former deputy head teacher facing a retrial for murder of foster child
  141. Guardian:Drug smuggler used veterans as a front
  142. Guardian:Prisoners' complaints take wind out of turbine's sails
  143. Observer:Triads 'infiltrate' Soho casino
  144. Observer:The strong arm of the law
  145. Guardian Leader:Off topic but interesting
  146. Honour for German major who saved 250 Jews
  147. Britain:Mother's conviction quashed for killing her children
  148. Article: Victims protest against Rome Mass
  149. Article: Actress Dalle tells of her joy after wedding in prison
  150. Guardian:Mother freed after seven years in jail for child killings
  151. Guardian:'It feels like a living bereavement'
  152. Article: Hostage Drama In Germany
  153. Guardian:Dead man's family pray for his killer
  154. Guardian:Finucane widow urges judges to shun inquiry
  155. Paris hotel fire kills 13, injures 57
  156. Observer:Blood lines(Observer crime correspondent and a leading authority on gangland
  157. Observer:Truth about Calais 'immigrant menace'
  158. Observer:Official: Blair's crime plan 'a threat to public'
  159. Observer:Justice prevails
  160. Guardian Leader:Two for the road
  161. Guardian:Hospital trust faces sentence for staff death
  162. Guardian:We won't give up fight for justice, say sisters
  163. Guardian:We must keep the last taboo
  164. Guardian:Murderer faces new police questions
  165. NYTimes:Justice on Trial in Russia
  166. Guardian:Prison warder arrested over drugs
  167. Guardian:Argentinian jailed for throwing prisoners from plane
  168. Press Association:New rules may lead to early guilty pleas
  169. Guardian:Met police made to quit after race crimes
  170. NYTimes:24 Go on Trial in Madrid for Links with Al Qaeda and 9/11
  171. 'Crime is causing untold misery'
  172. Guardian:Serb general surrenders to war crimes trial
  173. Guardian:Cancer scam woman jailed
  174. Guardian:Out in the open
  175. Guardian:Prison reform 'tragically tardy'
  176. Guardian:Dozens held over £20m cheque fraud
  177. Guardian:Monument to police officers killed on duty
  178. Guardian comment:On the edge of a nervous breakdown
  179. A380 Successfully Completes Its First Flight
  180. Norwegian Court Convicts First Woman for Rape
  181. Guardian:Driving schools teach how to cheat
  182. Oprah
  183. Observer Comment:The death of privacy
  184. Guardian:Cautious doctors shun child protection
  185. Guardian:Lifting the veil
  186. Guardian:Terminally ill man refused release
  187. Britain:Mother loses baby murder appeal
  188. Guardian comment:No vote for a criminal
  189. Guardian:Woman wins nine-year battle over maternity income
  190. Guardian:Jail for net pirates who saw themselves as Robin Hoods
  191. Guardian:The baby battleground
  192. Guardian:Labourer gets life for Murrell murder
  193. Observer:Election probes raise new fears of postal vote fraud
  194. Guardian:'As absurd as you can get'
  195. Stressed mother chooses jail 'for a break'
  196. Lessons from Danish Prisons
  197. 300 African boys missing in London
  198. Guardian:Rights and wrongs
  199. Guardian:Why do we always stand and stare?
  200. Guardian:'You can do the right thing'
  201. Guardian:Fresh claims about abuse of Iraqis by British troops
  202. Guardian:Who do you think you are, Jenson Button? No, a copper
  203. Guardian Op-Ed:Threats, fear and control
  204. London - Man jailed for attempted murder cleared after 25 years
  205. London killer gets 4 x life
  206. Guardian:Liberty challenges child curfew and dispersal orders in landmark case
  207. French Voters Reject First EU Constitution
  208. Guardian:Cry freedom
  209. NYTimes:Russian Oil Tycoon Is Convicted and Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail
  210. BBC News: Children Quizzed Over Murder Bid
  211. Suspect arrested after grisly find in Austria
  212. Press Association:Plans for five new 'superprisons'
  213. Observer:How video that put Serbia in dock was brought to light
  214. Guardian:Decline in rape convictions prompts Met to review procedures
  215. Guardian:Replica guns to be banned
  216. Guardian:Asbo aggro
  217. Guardian:The family no one could save
  218. Observer:Ruthless, rich and bloody: now Europe's most vicious drug lords target Brita
  219. France/Iraq - Journalists freed after 5 months
  220. Guardian:'I was charged with something I didn't do and put in prison for it'
  221. Guardian:Students to the rescue
  222. Article: Musical cards stuffed with drugs sent to inmates at Latvian prison
  223. Observer:Got an identity crisis? Join the queue
  224. Guardian:Lifeline that failed victim of system
  225. Guardian:Doctor 'misled court' on baby deaths
  226. Guardian:Police raid suspected suicide bomber's home
  227. Guardian:What I now know about our prisons
  228. Guardian:An outside chance
  229. Guardian:A system in chaos
  230. Guardian:Boredom forces judge to quit
  231. Guardian:Have you no conscience?
  232. Article: Russian prisoners 'driven to despair'
  233. Article: Separatists jailed by Paris court
  234. Guardian:No cameras on victims in court
  235. BMA drops opposition to doctor-assisted suicide
  236. Guardian:Terrorist organised children's kidnap
  237. Guardian:Abuse trial ends in France
  238. Head of Russian Prison Colony Fired After Convicts Protest
  239. Guardian:Boy who raped teacher in classroom is jailed for life
  240. Guardian:£477,000 for prison officer who reported bullying at jail
  241. Guardian:More than 60 protesters face sheriff court
  242. Chicago Tribune: A Letter to London
  243. Guardian:Trial or error?
  244. Guardian:Caught in the crossfire
  245. AP:Gay pair wed under Spain's new law
  246. Guardian:Preserving civil liberties
  247. Guardian:British suicide bombers carried out London attacks, say police
  248. Guardian:Vatican urges jail for kerb crawlers
  249. London police mistakenly shoot Brazilian
  250. Guardian:Reduced sentences to curb prison boom
  251. BBCNews: Cherie warns on anti-terror moves
  252. Guardian Leader:Life and death issue
  253. Guardian Leader:Our will to win
  254. Observer:Law failing rape victims, says QC
  255. Observer Focus: Fight against terrorism
  256. BBC News: Searches to target ethnic groups
  257. Yoga classes stopped in Norway Prison
  258. Guardian:'I kept saying, "Help me, help me." But no one did'
  259. Why I cannot be part of this divisive war
  260. Guardian:A whole new sentence
  261. Guardian:Britain's only prison ship ends up on the beach
  262. Guardian:Police send file on prison death to CPS
  263. Guardian:'I took all my anger out on him'
  264. Guardian:Chief justice calls for new approach to law and order
  265. Guardian:Criminals danger list goes online
  266. Guardian Op-Ed:There's no such thing as total security
  267. AP:German Court Convicts Man as Part of 9/11 Cell
  268. Guardian Editorial:Liberty is our defence
  269. Russia- Jailed Oil Tycoon in Parliament Bid
  270. Guardian: Off topic (just) but interesting
  271. Guardian:Muslim family lose right-to-life appeal
  272. BBC News: British soldiers in US rape trial
  273. Observer:'What we've got here are the most dangerous teenagers in the country'
  274. Observer:Wrongly jailed 'cot death' mother secures six-figure book deal
  275. Guardian:Hospital stops gay man giving blood
  276. Reuters:Four Girls Admit Starting Deadly Paris Fire
  277. Guardian:Homosexual? You're out
  278. Guardian:Families reunited
  279. AP:Crime and Punishment suicide bid
  280. Observer:Loyalists shoot at police as riot hits Belfast
  281. Guardian:James Sturman QC. First lawyer to get £1m plus in legal aid fees
  282. NYTimes:Head of Major Crime Family in Custody, Italian Police Say
  283. Guardian:Bishops criticise US over foreign policy and war on terror
  284. Guardian:Bishop urges inquiry into detention centre death
  285. Observer:Woman held in probe into Tube shooting leak
  286. Guardian:Lords to decide on allowing evidence extracted by torture
  287. NYTimes:Spain Convicts Syrian of Conspiracy in 9/11 Attacks
  288. Guardian:Jailed pensioner vows to continue council tax battle
  289. Soham killer Huntley to spend 40 years in jail
  290. Guardian:Protest is criminalised and the huffers and puffers say nothing
  291. In a Prison's Halls, the Call to Islam
  292. Guardian Comment:How we tackle terrorism needs a realistic debate
  293. Guardian: Lord chancellor interfered with judicial selection, says watchdog
  294. Guardian:It's all very well condemning the sex traffickers, but what about the punter
  295. Guardian:Scotland's murderous heart
  296. 11 inmates die in fire in deportation centre, Amsterdam airport
  297. GB: Public will pay for Labour's poor planning on prison's
  298. Swedish Dads may be able to keep babies behind bars
  299. Britain to consider first 'double jeopardy' case
  300. Free Harry Bout Support Group in Dutch Newspaper this wekend (12-13 november)!
  301. Oops! Cops give drugs to 10-year-old girl - Off Topic - Interesting though
  302. Guardian:Grow up, judge tells teacher in kissing case
  303. Guardian:Behind bars, but liberals defend Irving
  304. Guardian:Child Support Agency forced to pay back wrongly accused men
  305. Guardian:Men who kill partners face tougher sentences
  306. Guardian Comment:Let's get tough on crime. First, stop locking people up
  307. Jails could get rooms for sex
  308. Guardian:Racist axe killers get long jail terms
  309. Inmates 'run fight clubs' at maximum security jail
  310. AP:British Court Rules Against Evidence Gained in Torture
  311. NYTimes:Playwright Takes a Prize and a Jab at U.S.
  312. At least two killed in Moscow jail roof collapse
  313. Breakout attempt foiled at Kosovo prison
  314. Lithuanian inmates stage hunger strike against penitentiary code
  315. Guardian: Britain's secret torture centre (1945)
  316. Timesonline: Wands and wine for imprisoned pagans
  317. Britain proposes US-style murder 'grades'
  318. NYTimes:Germany Frees Hijacker Who Killed U.S. Sailor
  319. Damning Report On Forest Bank Jail, Manchester
  320. Guardian:Men who kill partners face tougher sentences
  321. High-tech prison to open in Netherlands
  322. Britain:Police inquiry into racist attacks at jail
  323. Dutch open Big Brother-style prison
  324. Britain:Some inmates being paid nat.min.wage
  325. Britain:Big increase in offenders recalled to custody
  326. Breaking the cycle
  327. Britain:Reformers warn prison suicides still too frequent
  328. Britain:Young male ex-convicts face life on the streets
  329. Home Office confesses it 'lost' 20 lifers who were released from prison on parole
  330. Britain:New contract will ask prisoners for a promise to go straight
  331. British officer back in court
  332. Britain:Jail failed to improve safety despite deaths
  333. Britain:'Barbaric' trips endured by pregnant prisoners
  334. Britain: MoD to probe Iraqi 'abuse' video
  335. Unhappy drug buyer seeks German police help
  336. Holocaust denier Irving is jailed
  337. Milan Babic, Jailed Croatian Serb Leader, Kills Himself in Cell
  338. Drunken hearse driver arrested after biting cop
  339. Farmer feeds family friend’s corpse to pigs
  340. Tennis Dad Gets Eight Years in Drug Death
  341. Milosevic dies in jail as trial neared end
  342. Norway: Break the law and live by a beach
  343. Useful information for those with loved ones in Irish Prisons
  344. Russia - Duma grants amnesty to prisoners
  345. Russia's 'crumbling' prison system
  346. German cannibal gets life sentence
  347. Brussels:Fire destroys prison wing as wardens stage strike
  348. Italy - Report slams prison conditions
  349. 'GENTLER TOUCH FOR PRISONS' Article
  350. Italy: Man prefers jail to being at home with Grandpa
  351. They're felons, and they've got your number...
  352. Wife shoots drugs into prison with crossbow
  353. Italian official dedicates law cutting prison time to late pope
  354. Italy:Pardoned inmates start to walk free
  355. 28 inmates stage prison break in Belgium
  356. German convict refuses to leave prison
  357. Italy:Prisoners turn designers with jail collection
  358. Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes
  359. Oiled prisoner slips out of Norway jail
  360. POST CARD swap
  361. Need Information on German prison system trying to locate my son
  362. The road to redemption: Does the rehabilitation of prisoners work?
  363. Helicopter escape in Belgium
  364. Bedlam
  365. Castlerea in Irland
  366. 'VIP' treatment sold to prisoners in Hungary
  367. Inmates poison prison guards with cake
  368. russia:video and article prison brutality
  369. russia-prison news
  370. Good book on Scandanavian criminal justice
  371. Dramatic Prison Break in Greece
  372. Pen pals
  373. Irish Prisons
  374. Former Prison Guard Has Inmate's Baby
  375. Jailed Murderer Goes Shopping, Flees