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• Pa. Legislature eyes wider DNA sampling of convicts

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  Current law requires testing for those convicted of felonies and certain other offenses

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  Judge orders changes at Wis. juvenile prisons

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  A federal judge said tactics used at the prisons likely amount to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment

• Judge says Wis. youth prisons overuse pepper spray

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  Federal investigators for more than two years have been probing allegations of widespread inmate abuse at the prisons in Irma

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  Prosecutors seek to uphold 'Making a Murderer' confession

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  A three-judge panel affirmed that Brendan Dassey was coerced into confessing and should be released from prison

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  Manson follower's parole denied for 14th time

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  The decision came six months after commissioners postponed the latest hearing so officials could investigate whether Patricia Krenwinkel was battered by Manson

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  From COs to politicians: Working together to prevent inmate escapes

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  Everyone from the front line staff to politicians must help prevent escapes

• Inmate who killed La. deputy as a teen now eligible for parole

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  Henry Montgomery was 17 when he fatally shot Deputy Charles Hurt in a park in 1963

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  Lawyers contest constitutionality of Neb. death penalty

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  Attorney Todd Lancaster said the state's death penalty is racially and geographically discriminatory

• Alaska officials work to reform solitary confinement system

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  Ten percent of Alaska inmates were in restricted housing in 2012 while the national average was 4 percent

• Agreement reached to boost Del. correctional officer pay

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  Delaware's correctional officers will see their pay increase by about $5,000 next year

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  Murder charge remains for man jailed for decade without bail

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  Kharon Davis has been held without bail since his arrest a decade ago

• Proposal expands placing low-level Ohio offenders in community

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  The current version of the budget expands a program allowing low-level felony offenders to remain in their communities under supervision without going to prison

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  Supreme Court rules in favor of Ala. death row inmate

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  The court ruled that James McWilliams was deprived of an independent mental health expert to help him try to stave off a death sentence at his trial

• Bills seek curbs on use of solitary confinement in Mass. prisons

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  The state allows inmates to be placed in segregated disciplinary units for as long as 10 years

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  Ore. refuge occupier seeks release from jail

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  Judge Anna Brown did not make immediate ruling after a hearing in which she expressed skepticism that Jason Patrick would comply with requirements

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