Ecuador newspaper columnist facing prison, fines at home seeks US asylum in ...
Washington Post
MIAMI — A former Ecuadorean newspaper columnist who faces prison and millions of dollars in fines for criticism of President Rafael Correa is asking for asylum in the US Emilio Palacio claims he is the victim of persecution aimed at stifling free ...
Ecuador columnist facing prison, fines seeks asylum in USDaily Journal

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Man sentenced to prison on sex charge
Fremont News Messenger
FREMONT -- A city man was sentenced in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court to three years in prison after admitting to inappropriately touching a 9-year-old female relative. Ralph Garcia, 68, was indicted on a third-degree felony charge of gross sexual ...

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Monthly prison publication seeking injunction
Livingston Daily
Prison Legal News wants the US District Court in Detroit to stop jail administrators from refusing to deliver its books and correspondence to the inmates. They also want the judge to stop the jail from refusing delivery of legal mail sent from their ...
County to consider settlement in ACLU lawsuitTopeka Capital Journal

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What's going on: Missouri teen killer faces possibility of life in prison today
Syracuse.com
(AP) -- A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a 9-year-old girl faces the possibility of life in prison when she's sentenced Wednesday morning. Prosecutors described Alyssa Bustamante, 18, as a thrill killer who lacked remorse.
Mo. teen gets life with possible parole in killingThe Associated Press
Missouri teen convicted in 9-year-old's murder had troubled family, problems ...Washington Post

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Serbia: 5 Guards Jailed Over Failed Prison Break
ABC News
Authorities say five prison guards have been detained on suspicion of helping two dangerous inmates, including one who was involved in the assassination of the prime minister, organize an attempted escape that was thwarted by police.
2 dangerous inmates try to escape in SerbiaBoston.com

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Continental Prison Systems, Inc. (CPSZ) Continues Expanding Client Base in 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., Feb 8, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. /quotes/zigman/516594 CPSZ -15.48% , dba EZ Card & Kiosk, the industry leader in offering financial transaction services to the correctional and judicial markets ...

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Revenge and justice are not the same
Philadelphia Inquirer
But it's the man who fired the bullet - and who remains behind bars, despite having served his entire prison sentence - who now seeks a measure of justice. William Barnes' recent appeal to the federal courts to be released from prison may not win much ...
Judge: Man cleared of murder deserves freedomFox News

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Fewer parolees going back to prison, audit finds
Detroit Free Press
By Dawson Bell LANSING -- A Michigan prison program to aid parolees' transition to life on the outside has reduced recidivism in recent years, an audit released Tuesday concluded. The report by the state's Office of the Auditor General found that ...

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Michigan prison privatization effort stalls
The Detroit News
Requests for proposals to privatize roughly $400 million in prison services were put on hold in January after a review by Attorney General Bill Schuette's office revealed private contractors using prisoners for kitchen, janitorial and other duties ...
Officials: Minimum wage law holds up efforts to cut Michigan prison costs with ...The Republic

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Florida prison privatization stalls in legislature
Chicago Tribune
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A proposal to privatize at least 26 prisons in south Florida is facing stiff opposition in the Florida Senate and may not have the votes to pass, the chamber's president and chief backer said on Tuesday.
Florida Morning: Murky future for prison privatization; Senate budget taking shapeFlorida Times-Union (blog)
Haridopolos says prison vote is 20-20Juice (blog)

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