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- Task force to study state's prisons (Connecticut Post)
HARTFORD — Amid a rising population and increasing violence in Connecticut prisons, Speaker of the House James A. Amann on Thursday formed a prison-safety task force to evaluate statewide - Prisons to ban adult-rated games (BBC News)
Adult prisoners in England and Wales are to be banned from playing 18-rated computer games. - 127 youths locked up in prisons (The Star)
KUALA LUMPUR: As many as 127 juveniles are locked up in jails in the country. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said that according to statistics from the Prisons Department, 93 were remanded pending trial while 34 were convicted of several offences. - Sierra Nevada Prisons First To Integrate Cells (KCRA 3 Sacramento)
Two prisons in the Sierra Nevada foothills will be the first to implement a new, racially integrated housing policy following a court settlement. - Prisons to desegregate (The Record)
JAMESTOWN - Inmates and staff at two California prisons in the Mother Lode face the prospect of turmoil and possible violence this summer as they take the state lead in complying with a court-mandated effort to desegregate prison dormitory bunk... - Prisons ban x-rated computer games (Channel 4)
Prisoners are going to be banned from playing violent computer games, it has emerged. Only convicts who have earned the highest level of privileges will be allowed access to games consoles such as PlayStations, according to a new Prison Service directive.