Read more prison system stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4908/prison-system.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:46:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64252/recession-cuts-into-prison-sentences.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the recession squeezing their finances, many states are opting to cut the high costs surrounding incarceration—meaning fewer criminals are heading to jail and prison, and more are getting out earlier, the Washington Post reports. Some states are sending drug offenders and drunk drivers to special courts that allow...http://www.newser.com/story/64252/recession-cuts-into-prison-sentences.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 10:05:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61295/never-mind-gitmo-the-real-prison-problem-is-here.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe collective freak-out over closing Guantanamo proves that Americans do care about prisons and prisoners, but Gitmo “is a mere speck in the eye of America’s larger prison program,” writes Dahlia Lithwick in Newsweek . That’s why Sen. Jim Webb of the “lock ‘em up” state of Virginia is launching a...http://www.newser.com/story/61295/never-mind-gitmo-the-real-prison-problem-is-here.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 9:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59909/supermax-neighbors-fear-gitmo-influx.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople who live near some of America's most notorious killers fear closing Guantanamo Bay will wreck their neighborhood, the New York Times reports. Residents of Cañon City, Colo., close to the Florence "Supermax" prison, worry the detainees will be transferred there, making them a target for terrorists and potentially prompting...http://www.newser.com/story/59909/supermax-neighbors-fear-gitmo-influx.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 May 2009 7:59:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57446/us-prisons-leave-driving-to-greyhound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal convicts regularly transfer themselves between prisons unescorted, riding public transportation without a guard in sight, WFAA-TV reports. Some 5,300 have switched prisons on their own since April 2006; 54,000 have headed to halfway houses. And in 2003-05, 77 escaped while en route. “It’s an inherent safety and...http://www.newser.com/story/57446/us-prisons-leave-driving-to-greyhound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52662/recession-to-unlock-wave-of-ex-cons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of prisoners around the country will have the recession to thank for setting them free, Ken Steir writes in Time . With California planning to release nearly 160,000 prisoners from under-funded, overcrowded prisons, and other states transferring drug convicts to rehab, the US is likely to see a wave...http://www.newser.com/story/52662/recession-to-unlock-wave-of-ex-cons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Mar 2009 4:54:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29908/california-to-end-last-outpost-of-segregation-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia will fully integrate its prison system next month, making it one of the last states to do so, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The state will end the practice of separating new arrivals to the nation's largest prison system based on race. Both guards and inmates are bracing for...http://www.newser.com/story/29908/california-to-end-last-outpost-of-segregation-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Jun 2008 5:51:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20306/1-in-100-americans-in-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne American adult out of 100 is incarcerated, a new study shows—the first time in US history such a high proportion of the population is behind bars. The Pew Center on the States reports the nationwide prison population grew by 25,000 last year, to 1.6 million, with...http://www.newser.com/story/20306/1-in-100-americans-in-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Feb 2008 14:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12102/filling-jails-doesnt-cut-crime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGetting tough on criminals through longer prison terms—at an annual cost of tens of billions of US taxpayer dollars—hasn't made a major impact on crime, concludes a study released yesterday. The US prison population has increased 800% since 1970—giving the nation has the world's highest incarceration rate—...http://www.newser.com/story/12102/filling-jails-doesnt-cut-crime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Nov 2007 6:23:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6720/americans-losing-taste-for-death-penalty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCapital punishment seems to be dying a slow death in the US. As public sentiment shifts toward life sentences, the number of death sentences has dropped 60% since the mid-'90s and the number of executions has fallen 46% since 1999, reports the Economist. Then there’s Texas, which has carried out...http://www.newser.com/story/6720/americans-losing-taste-for-death-penalty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Sep 2007 7:34:17 CDT