... latest in a simmering legal and political battle between the state's prison officials, their powerful lobby and the state's top political leaders. "If public money is being spent ...

In his state of the state address, Governor John Lynch threw his support behind a plan to add 500 beds to the prison in Berlin. Many people think it's a good approach to reducing ...

1.2-million spent to get prison transfers Inmates paid $1.2-million for transfers before an ... It infuriates me that people are making big money to pre-empt the system."

Money Spent on the War On Drugs this Year Federal State Total: The U.S. federal government spent ... Since December 31, 1995, the U.S. prison population has grown an average of 43,266 ...

The rest of the money I assume was spent on one last dogfighting bet. And Vick was spending cash like it was going out of style just before he wound up in prison.

... more than the state?s prisons are meant to hold ? and the money already spent at ... We did spend a lot of money to refit this prison to house these inmates.

Letters: It was ironic that your leader appeared on the same day as your report on cuts in the budget for the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Cuts bring fear for victims of ...

Neighborhood Costs of America's Prison Boom." It looks at how much money is spent keeping prisoners behind bars, per person, added up per city block.

p>State Prison Populations and Corrections Costs Rise Over Past Year</p> ... For all the money spent on corrections today, there hasn?t been a clear and convincing ...

Jack Straw: The taxpayers' money spent locking people up can be recouped if prison is part of the community