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Prison punishes more people than just the inmates
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates--it also takes a toll on the health of friends ...
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Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 29, 2009 |
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HIV/Aids is up to five times more prevalent in American prisons than in the general population. Adherence to treatment programs can be strictly monitored in prison. However, once prisoners are released, medical monitoring ...
Rising prison population an undeclared national crisis
Apr 01, 2008 |
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Nearly a month after a published study on increasing U.S. prison population revealed more than 1 in 100 American adults are behind bars, two University of Michigan professors are aiming to elevate the public debate on prison ...
Most prison inmates with HIV do not receive appropriate treatment immediately following release
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Approximately 80 percent of HIV-infected Texas prison inmates did not fill an initial prescription for antiretroviral therapy within 30 days of their release from prison, potentially increasing their risk for harmful health ...
Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life
Aug 03, 2008 |
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The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.
US News & World Report rankings both discipline and punish law schools
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Educational rankings such as those produced by U.S. News & World Report have an inescapable impact on law schools, according to research published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...
Non-whites receive harsher sentences for inflicted traumatic brain injury of children
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Non-white defendants are nearly twice as likely to receive harsher prison sentences than white defendants in North Carolina criminal cases stemming from inflicted traumatic brain injury of young children.
Free after 35 years: DNA clears Florida inmate
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For years, James Bain insisted he was home watching TV with his twin sister when a 9-year-old boy was kidnapped and raped.
Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...
Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
Factors from common human bacteria may trigger multiple sclerosis
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that a common oral bacterium may exacerbate autoimmune disease. The related report by Nichols et al, "Unique Lipids from a Common Human Bacterium Represent a New Class of TLR2 Ligands Capable of ...
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