CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Articles and editorials

CARICOM's Need for Universal Access in HIV/AIDS Fight, E1227 [21JN]

Prisoners, Public at Health Risk, E1311 [28JN]

Tsunamis, Floods and Earthquakes—Seen and Unseen, E179 [17FE]

Twenty-Five Years After the First Cases—The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS Epidemic, E1143 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]

———modify Federal law (see H.R. 5040), H1319 [29MR]

Immigration: improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 2365), S1680 [3MR]

Inmates: require minimum workweek for Federal prison inmates and reform inmate work programs (see S. 3629), S6787 [29JN]

Remarks in House

Border Patrol: increase detention bed space for illegal immigrants, H3324 [25MY]

Bureau of Prisons: renew agreements with local governments to house Federal criminal aliens, H4636, H4637 [27JN], H4779 [28JN]

Chicago, IL: torture of African-American prisoners in Chicago City Jail, Area 2, H2881 [18MY]

Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons: report, E1311 [28JN]

Courts: decision to stay execution of persons convicted in the deaths of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena, H2966 [22MY]

Crime: prevent violent career criminals from being released from prison, H4137 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: increase Federal Prison System funding through reductions in U.S. contributions to the U.N. Human Rights Council, H4653, H4654 [27JN]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (H.R. 1704), H4789 [28JN]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H4570, H4657 [27JN]

Diseases: demographics of HIV/AIDS victims, E1143 [14JN], E1227 [21JN]

Drugs: reduce recidivism of prisoners through improved substance abuse treatment programs, H4635 [27JN]

Education: restore eligibility for Pell Grants to certain incarcerated individuals, H1328 [30MR]

Freedom of religion: Federal district court ruling on faith-based prisoner rehabilitation program in Iowa, H3914 [14JN]

Mendota, CA: prison construction funding, H4636 [27JN]

Toussaint, Roger: serving of jail sentence for initiating New York, NY, transit system strike relative to cuts in public employee pension benefits, H1713 [25AP]

Remarks in Senate

Border Patrol: increase detention bed space for illegal immigrants, S2765 [4AP], S2853 [5AP], S4788 [18MY]

Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, S4771-S4774 [18MY]

Transcripts

Chicago's Abu Ghraib—UN Committee Against Torture Hears Report on How Police Tortured Over 135 African-American Men Inside Chicago Jails: Amy Goodman, David Bates, Flint Taylor, and John Conroy, ``Democracy Now'' (radio program), H2881-H2883 [18MY]