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Inmates evacuated to avoid Rita

Associated Press

GALVESTON, Texas
The inmates at the Galveston County jail in Galveston, Texas, are getting out. They're handcuffed, and it's just for a ride.

September 23, 2005 Smart Justice

Prison Sex Slave Trial Set to Begin in Texas

WICHITA FALLS, TX- After enduring 18 months in a Texas prison where gangs bought and sold him as a sexual slave, Roderick Johnson will appear in federal district court Monday for the first day of his civil trial against the prison officials who failed to protect him, the American Civil Liberties

September 16, 2005 Smart Justice

US prison population continues to grow

by Jim Kouri, CPP

America's combined federal, state and local adult correctional population reached a new record of almost 6.9 million men and women last year, an increase of 130,700 people since December 31, 2002, according to the US Justice Department.

September 16, 2005 Smart Justice