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Study finds social support key
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 01, 2009 |
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It is not uncommon for prison inmates to experience religious conversions. Now a new University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study, out in the April issue of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Cr ...
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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 ...
Hepatitis C treatment is cost-effective for the US prison population
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Treating all U.S. prisoners who have hepatitis C with the standard therapy of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin would be cost-effective, says a new study in the November issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John W ...
Married prisoners at increased risk of suicide
Nov 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Being white, male, married and in a job makes you more likely to die by suicide on being sent to prison, an Oxford University study has found.
Setback for British 'hacker' in US extradition fight
Oct 12, 2009 |
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A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States.
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.
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.
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.
Mahalo vouches for criminal hacker in its midst
Mar 06, 2009 |
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The founder of young Internet search engine Mahalo explained on Thursday how a convicted hacker wound up a cherished member of their team.
Developer of system to prevent ID theft forms joint venture
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Ray de Beasley's dream of seeing his identity theft prevention system come to life is one step closer to reality. He just formed a joint venture with Ayoka LLC, an Arlington, Texas, software development firm, to create a ...
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