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CHICAGO - Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov.
WASHINGTON - Federal prisons are failing to notify crime victims and witnesses when inmates are allowed to travel by themselves for medical treatment, the Justice Department inspector general said Thursday.
HAVANA - Cuba began making good Thursday on a deal to release its 52 most prominent political prisoners, with five told by the country's top clergyman that they could be released into exile at any time, and six others transferred to jails closer to their homes.
WASHINGTON - Living in prison didn't stop nearly 1,300 inmates from cashing in on a popular tax break for first-time homebuyers, a government investigator reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON - A government investigator says nearly 1,300 prison inmates have wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being incarcerated when they reportedly bought a home.
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- Fewer young criminals push states to close prisons
- California loses fight to end prison oversight
- State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972
- 4 Cuban inmates, 1 activist declare hunger strikes
- SC prison department expects $29M budget deficit
- La. agencies release details of budget cuts
- AP Interview: Tenn. gov rejects prisoner release
- Miss. sheriffs oppose closing juvenile facility
- Receiver muscles through new San Quentin hospital
- Report: Death sentences decline; death rows shrink
- Death sentences decline; death rows shrink
- Alabama prisons eye releases as worst case option
- Ill. prison to get Gitmo detainees
- AP sources: Ill. prison to get Gitmo detainees
- Stimulus audit questions Calif. prison jobs saved
- FACT CHECK: Guantanamo detainees and US prisons
- Ill. town would rather get Gitmo prisoners
