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1	America's 10 Worst Prisons: Walnut Grove "A picture of such horror as should be unrealized anywhere in the civilized world."	11
2	Fergus McNeill: Punishment – the rights and wrongs ... many commentators have been intrigued by the emergence in the USA of a “Right on Crime” movement within the Republican Party, championed by hardliners such as Newt Gingrich (one of the candidates in the 2012 presidential primaries). Fergus McNeill, noted desistance analyst and criminology professor in Glasgow Uni. comments....	36
3	The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people Account and assessment of Bastoy prison in Norway where serious convicts are treated with respect, education and dignity and where the recidivism rate shames that of UK prisons.	29
4	Abolish China's labour camps, now "Imprisoning people for months and even years without trial clearly goes against the grain of the rule of law that the mainland is striving to attain. When the detention is in the name of "re-education", the practice is as much damaging as wrong...."	154
5	Robert Francis, the Texan judge closing America's jails "They are beneficiaries of a revolution in justice sweeping the United States, one with illuminating lessons for Britain. It is a revolt led by hardline conservatives who have declared prison a sign of state failure. They say it is an inefficient use of taxpayers' money when the same people, often damaged by drink, drugs, mental health problems or chaotic backgrounds, return there again and again..."	134
6	Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? Reggie Clemons has spent 19 years on death row. Next month his case will be reviewed for one last time in a hearing that cuts to heart of the debate about capital punishment in America......	138
7	Is The Colorado Death Penalty Unconstitutional? Two professors at the University of Denver Law School recently published a study making the argument that the death penalty in Colorado is unconstitutional..... Dr Maximilian Wachtel comments........	192
8	Paraguayan Prison Riot Reveals Unusual Political Basis Asuncion, Aug 2 2012 (Prensa Latina). A riot at the Paraguayan prison of San Pedro, brought under control over the last few hours, was surprisingly supported by the prison''s director, replaced for criticizing the impeachment of President Fernando Lugo and the current government.	166
9	Longer prison terms really do cut crime, study shows Increasing sentences for burglary and fraud would lead to fewer offences, research for Civitas suggests...	221
10	Data journalism in Italy: how did 1,000 prisoners die? Journalist Jacopo Ottaviani has been investigating deaths of Italian prisoners, from January 2002 to May 2012. What do his results tell us about the Italian justice system?	209
11	‘Time and punishment’ now Canada’s way Any week now, we might expect the Correctional Service of Canada to be renamed Punishment Canada.....Corrections – the idea that those in prison might be assisted while incarcerated to be better prepared for life outside jail – is apparently foreign to the Harper government....	220
12	The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death Groundbreaking Columbia law school study sets out in shocking detail the flaws that led to Carlos DeLuna's execution in 1989...	189
13	Anatomy of an American Execution Eye-witness account of an execution in the USA of an undisputed killer	296
14	Crime is bad for your health Guardian report of criminological research on the health of convicted people	323
15	Smacking children 'causes long-term damage'	390
16	The evil of indefinite detention and those wanting to de-prioritize it From Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon	152
17	Rate of deaths in custody is higher than officials admit	371
18	Is Charles Murray Right That Prison is THE Explanation for the Crime Decline? No.	188
19	Howard League Scotland The Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland is an independent organisation whose members seek improvements to the criminal justice system in Scotland.	196
20	For too many African-Americans, prison is a legacy passed from father to son	260

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