For original article, click here. December 12, 2010 By Sarah Wheaton
In a protest apparently assembled largely through a network of banned cellphones, inmates across at least six prisons in Georgia have been on strike since Thursday, calling for better conditions and compensation, several inmates and an outside advocate said.
Relatives and friends of prisoners visit the San Miguel prison after a fire spread through building killing more than 80 south of Santiago, Chile on December 8, 2010. A fire was set during a riot in the prison that holds 1,900 but was built for 700. UPI/Sebastian Padilla
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- State agencies that were supposed to investigate prison abuses in California have fallen down on the job, a state Senate report says.
For original article, click here. Tuesday, December 7 2010 By Charles Piller
"The Bee investigation found evidence that High Desert guards tried to provoke attacks between inmates, spread human excrement on cell doors and mistreated inmates who peacefully resisted staff misconduct."
For original article, click here. Wednesday, December 1 2010 By JESS BRAVIN
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices criticized California's 20-year failure to bring its prisons up to constitutional standards, but several suggested that releasing 40,000 inmates—the drastic remedy a lower court found necessary—could imperil public safety.
