<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - jails</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/jails</link><description>Newsvine - jails</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:24:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:30 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Juvenile In Justice: Jailed youths photo exhibit</title>
<description><![CDATA[One picture shows a 12-year-old boy in a yellow jump suit staring at the wall of a tiny, windowless cell at a Mississippi detention center. Another zooms in on the bruised and blackened eye of a 14-year-old Oklahoma girl locked up for running away from a group home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Sonner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Sonner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028643-juvenile-in-justice-jailed-youths-photo-exhibit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028643-juvenile-in-justice-jailed-youths-photo-exhibit</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>exhibit</category><category>photo</category><category>juvenile</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:24:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc380b05-bd79-45df-8d26-f91e680cf0e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc380b05-bd79-45df-8d26-f91e680cf0e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Oct. 5, 2012 photo, images from the exhibit &quot;Juvenile In Justice'' by photographer Richard Ross are on display at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nev. Ross hopes the haunting exhibit will bring changes in the way the nation deals with the approximately 70,000 youths held in detention or correctional facilities across the country on any given night &amp;#8212; many of them for offenses no more serious than skipping school. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f9b6f7f-70d7-4ac8-95fb-479a3c483d5c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f9b6f7f-70d7-4ac8-95fb-479a3c483d5c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this 2009 photo released by photographer Richard Ross, a male juvenile stands in a room at Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center in Biloxi, Miss. The stark images are part of a haunting exhibit, &quot;Juvenile In Justice, that creator Richard Ross hopes will bring changes in the way the nation deals with the approximately 70,000 youths held in detention or correctional facilities across the country on any given night &amp;#8212; many of them for offenses no more serious than skipping school. (AP Photo/Richard Ross)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb302b4e-4608-4fbf-a781-e064849110c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb302b4e-4608-4fbf-a781-e064849110c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 2010 photo released by photographer Richard Ross shows a male juvenile at Miami-Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Miami. The image is part of a haunting exhibit, &quot;Juvenile In Justice, that creator Richard Ross hopes will bring changes in the way the nation deals with the approximately 70,000 youths held in detention or correctional facilities across the country on any given night &amp;#8212; many of them for offenses no more serious than skipping school. (AP Photo/Richard Ross)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e20483ef-19ec-445e-af84-48dc140c1c61.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e20483ef-19ec-445e-af84-48dc140c1c61.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Oct. 5, 2012 photo, a visitor leafs through the book &quot;Juvenile In Justice'' by Richard Ross at an exhibit of the same name at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nev. Creator Richard Ross hopes the haunting exhibit will bring changes in the way the nation deals with the approximately 70,000 youths held in detention or correctional facilities across the country on any given night &amp;#8212; many of them for offenses no more serious than skipping school. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f01634c-3b3f-4511-80f6-121d1f064f52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f01634c-3b3f-4511-80f6-121d1f064f52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 2009 photo released by photographer Richard Ross shows a male juvenile at Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Mendota, Wis. The stark images are part of a haunting exhibit, &quot;Juvenile In Justice, that creator Richard Ross hopes will bring changes in the way the nation deals with the approximately 70,000 youths held in detention or correctional facilities across the country on any given night &amp;#8212; many of them for offenses no more serious than skipping school. (AP Photo/Richard Ross)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Juvenile In Justice: Jailed youths photo exhibit</title>
<description><![CDATA[One picture shows a 12-year-old boy in a yellow jump suit staring at the wall of a tiny, windowless cell at a Mississippi detention center. Another zooms in on the bruised and blackened eye of a 14-year-old Oklahoma girl locked up for running away from a group home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Sonner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Sonner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14697835-juvenile-in-justice-jailed-youths-photo-exhibit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14697835-juvenile-in-justice-jailed-youths-photo-exhibit</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>exhibit</category><category>photo</category><category>juvenile</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:53:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>LA sheriff agrees to reform troubled jail system</title>
<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Wednesday vowed to reform the nation's largest jail system in the wake of allegations of deputy brutality against inmates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14143958-la-sheriff-agrees-to-reform-troubled-jail-system</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14143958-la-sheriff-agrees-to-reform-troubled-jail-system</guid><category>us</category><category>la</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><category>sheriff-lee-baca</category><category>los-angeles-county-sheriff-lee-baca</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:34:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5796d81b-3699-4642-bd2c-ac4f651972df.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5796d81b-3699-4642-bd2c-ac4f651972df.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is supervises the largest jail system in the nation, speaks at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9b47649-1324-4866-a20d-48fb3b73b909.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9b47649-1324-4866-a20d-48fb3b73b909.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is supervises the largest jail system in the nation, visits a Merit class at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3c21b39-f51f-4739-a6cc-d4170cfaa552.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3c21b39-f51f-4739-a6cc-d4170cfaa552.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies inspect a cell block at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45bfd620-50a9-4bdd-80d7-35fabfd15586.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45bfd620-50a9-4bdd-80d7-35fabfd15586.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Inmates flash hand signals at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce60491c-379c-4a7f-b350-132434deaf6f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce60491c-379c-4a7f-b350-132434deaf6f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pair of inmates show their tattoos at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7e54ed4-f47d-43c0-aa01-3e266cfedbc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7e54ed4-f47d-43c0-aa01-3e266cfedbc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An inmate does pushups on the floor of his cell at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdedca2e-1290-4d7f-9b6e-c6a5eb581a63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdedca2e-1290-4d7f-9b6e-c6a5eb581a63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A team of Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies, including one with a video camera, center, escort a Level 10 inmate, described as the highest security level requiring monitoring and supervision, at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21907db9-0d43-46f0-9f61-3a89fa23b8fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21907db9-0d43-46f0-9f61-3a89fa23b8fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is supervises the largest jail system in the nation, speaks at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=091d6055-2134-477f-b01b-bd9ba8802407.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=091d6055-2134-477f-b01b-bd9ba8802407.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's &quot;Core Values&quot; are displayed on a wall at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c864932a-32d5-4b7f-aacb-ece40ced0ea6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c864932a-32d5-4b7f-aacb-ece40ced0ea6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is supervises the largest jail system in the nation, talks to reporters at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Baca says he plans to implement all the reforms suggested by a commission in the wake of allegations that a culture of violence flourished in his jails. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Abusive culture in LA jail system</title>
<description><![CDATA[A scathing report Friday depicted a rogue culture inside the nation's largest county jail system in which deputies abused and humiliated inmates while top management failed to recognize problems or weed out violent officers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Blood]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael R. Blood]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13734108-report-abusive-culture-in-la-jail-system</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13734108-report-abusive-culture-in-la-jail-system</guid><category>us</category><category>la</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>us-news</category><category>county</category><category>jails</category><category>county-jails</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2012 22:33:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: problem deputies sent to work at LA jails</title>
<description><![CDATA[A report finds Los Angeles sheriff's officials routinely transferred problem deputies to the county jail as a way of keeping them from the public.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/13/8785675-report-problem-deputies-sent-to-work-at-la-jails</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/13/8785675-report-problem-deputies-sent-to-work-at-la-jails</guid><category>us</category><category>la</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>deputies</category><category>jails</category><category>problem-deputies</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:21:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>LA sheriff blames self for violence at jails</title>
<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said he is to blame for deputy misconduct and brutality against inmates in the nation's largest jail network.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/16/8353861-la-sheriff-blames-self-for-violence-at-jails</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/16/8353861-la-sheriff-blames-self-for-violence-at-jails</guid><category>us</category><category>la</category><category>investigation</category><category>us-news</category><category>baca</category><category>jails</category><category>los-angeles-county-sheriff-lee-baca</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:34:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>LA officials approve jail measures to stop abuse</title>
<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles County officials approved two measures Tuesday aimed at tackling alleged inmate abuse by sheriff's deputies in the country's largest jail system.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8281613-la-officials-approve-jail-measures-to-stop-abuse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8281613-la-officials-approve-jail-measures-to-stop-abuse</guid><category>us</category><category>la</category><category>investigation</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><category>los-angeles-county-board</category><category>los-angeles-county-sheriff-lee-baca</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:04:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/be9df80c-78e0-4294-9dd5-2ff454431c73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/be9df80c-78e0-4294-9dd5-2ff454431c73.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 28, 2011 photo shows Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca commenting on a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Baca has been dubbed LAs new-age lawman, he talks about damaged psyches and second chances, and he shies away from the tough-on-crime cliches favored by many of Americas top cops. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/622b0fcf-e42b-430f-98f4-f613be0349ee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/622b0fcf-e42b-430f-98f4-f613be0349ee.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 28, 2011 photo shows Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca commenting on a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Baca has been dubbed LAs new-age lawman, he talks about damaged psyches and second chances, and he shies away from the tough-on-crime cliches favored by many of Americas top cops. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Request for broader federal Los Angeles jail probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Criminal justice, religious and civil rights leaders requested a broader federal investigation Thursday into allegations of abuse in Los Angeles County jails.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Watkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Thomas Watkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/26/7976482-request-for-broader-federal-los-angeles-jail-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/26/7976482-request-for-broader-federal-los-angeles-jail-probe</guid><category>us</category><category>la</category><category>investigation</category><category>associated-press</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><category>eric-holder</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:03:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c155185b-824b-4d6e-a9c7-5fded0510608.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c155185b-824b-4d6e-a9c7-5fded0510608.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former inmate Gordon Grbavac recounts a beating he alleges he suffered under Sheriff's deputies that sent him to the jail's clinic, during a news conference at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. The American Civil Liberties Union demanded that federal authorities investigate allegations of brutality by deputies at Los Angeles County jails. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3931b4b1-ceb7-4457-8562-ba70d81c4b3f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3931b4b1-ceb7-4457-8562-ba70d81c4b3f.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, at podium, comments on a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, in which several eyewitnesses document the alleged brutal beatings of Los Angeles County Jail inmates by sheriffs deputies, during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a80d437a-3f3c-43bc-ad27-a923cf992e5c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a80d437a-3f3c-43bc-ad27-a923cf992e5c.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Margaret Winter, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project comments on the release of a report alleging brutal beatings of Los Angeles County Jail inmates by sheriffís deputies during a news conference at the ACLU Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. The ACLU demanded that federal authorities investigate allegations of brutality by deputies at Los Angeles County jails.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2946d6c0-1dd3-458a-a72d-bc264a75a666.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2946d6c0-1dd3-458a-a72d-bc264a75a666.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca,at podium, takes questions about a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, outside Sheriff's headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. The ACLU demanded earlier Wednesday that federal authorities investigate allegations of brutality by deputies at Los Angeles County jails.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CA immigrant detainee medical care suit settled</title>
<description><![CDATA[Immigration officials agreed on Thursday to expand medical care at a San Diego detention facility to settle a lawsuit that claimed inadequate treatment for immigrants facing deportation, plaintiffs' attorneys said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5663567-ca-immigrant-detainee-medical-care-suit-settled</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5663567-ca-immigrant-detainee-medical-care-suit-settled</guid><category>us</category><category>immigration</category><category>san-diego</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:38:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Coziness between jails, ICE worries immigrants</title>
<description><![CDATA[Luis Guerra swore he had nothing to do with any murder, that whoever picked him out of a lineup was wrong. Still, he was held at the Rikers Island jail for more than a year before the charges were dropped.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5450908-coziness-between-jails-ice-worries-immigrants</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5450908-coziness-between-jails-ice-worries-immigrants</guid><category>us</category><category>nyc</category><category>immigration</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>rikers-island</category><category>jails</category><category>luis-guerra</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:26:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/505ed586-eb2b-4c75-80c3-9b93d00f983c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/505ed586-eb2b-4c75-80c3-9b93d00f983c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 photo, Luis Guerra leaves the stage after speaking at a rally in New York against the city's Department of Corrections' involvement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and deportation program. Guerra was caught in ICE's web after he was picked out of a police lineup and accused of a crime he didn't commit. But instead of getting out of jail, Guerra ended up in federal immigration detention in Texas before being allowed to return to Manhattan, and he's now waiting for an immigration hearing that could force him back to a country he hasn't seen since he was 9. City authorities made &quot;a mistake, and now I'm paying for their mistake,&quot; he said. &quot;I was living a normal life before.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/859d8e9a-18d9-4f6c-b3a3-45adedaaa6e7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/859d8e9a-18d9-4f6c-b3a3-45adedaaa6e7.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 file photo, Dago Bustillo, left, a Dominican immigrant living in Staten Island,  joins a coalition of Latino workers, clergy and civic leaders in a march over New York's Brooklyn Bridge to protest the Department of Corrections policy to &quot;funnel&quot; illegal immigrants into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and deportation program. &quot;My friend was deported,&quot; said Bustillo. &quot;He was a hard-working guy and (left) his children behind here.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Beijing firm investigated for running 'black jail'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating a Beijing security company linked to the unauthorized but lucrative practice of holding citizens in so-called 'black jails,' or illegal detention centers, according to state media.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/27/5185791-beijing-firm-investigated-for-running-black-jail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/27/5185791-beijing-firm-investigated-for-running-black-jail</guid><category>china</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>jails</category><category>black-jails</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:03:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tenn. law requires jails to check immigrant status</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tennessee's governor has signed a measure into law that would require the state's jailers to determine whether inmates are in the country illegally and report them if they are.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4578141-tenn-law-requires-jails-to-check-immigrant-status</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4578141-tenn-law-requires-jails-to-check-immigrant-status</guid><category>us</category><category>immigrants</category><category>tennessee</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:27:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Health official tours San Diego immigration jail</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. health official peppered doctors with questions as he toured an often-criticized immigration detention center Wednesday, saying he left impressed by what he saw and heard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/26/4366685-health-official-tours-san-diego-immigration-jail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/26/4366685-health-official-tours-san-diego-immigration-jail</guid><category>us</category><category>immigration</category><category>san-diego</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 02:02:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3bc32f11-92c8-4c42-8c3a-b93ff67be11f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3bc32f11-92c8-4c42-8c3a-b93ff67be11f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Acting Deputy Surgeon General Dr. David Rutstein, second from right, looks on during a tour of the Otay Mesa immigration detention center Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in San Diego. Rutstein said Wednesday he was impressed by the medical services he saw delivered at the often-critizcized immigration detention center in San Diego, but says he didn't learn enough to say whether complaints about the facility are justified. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e50c7114-1142-467a-9fd9-06f27e8f6141.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e50c7114-1142-467a-9fd9-06f27e8f6141.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man undergoes eye treatment in the health ward at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in San Diego. Dr. David Rutstein, the acting deputy surgeon general, said Wednesday he was impressed by the medical services he saw delivered at an often-critizcized immigration detention center in San  Diego, but says he didn't learn enough to say whether complaints about the facility are justified. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6c201b7d-d30f-4eca-8e64-23f7d01279ca.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6c201b7d-d30f-4eca-8e64-23f7d01279ca.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Men sit in the sun in a room for mental health patients in the health ward at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in San Diego. Dr. David Rutstein, the acting deputy surgeon general, said Wednesday he was impressed by the medical services he saw delivered at the often-critizcized immigration detention center in San Diego, but says he didn't learn enough to say whether complaints about the facility are justified. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/68622028-f9e7-4a76-bde4-9da1cec079ce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68622028-f9e7-4a76-bde4-9da1cec079ce.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man detained at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center stands wrapped in a blanket in a room Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in San Diego. Dr. David Rutstein, the acting deputy surgeon general, said Wednesday he was impressed by the medical services he saw delivered at the often-critizcized immigration detention center in San Diego, but says he didn't learn enough to say whether complaints about the facility are justified. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d4ef57eb-07a5-48d9-8ec2-553d3f0b1588.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d4ef57eb-07a5-48d9-8ec2-553d3f0b1588.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Acting Deputy Surgeon General Dr. David Rutstein, left, listens as Dr. David Lau shows him the pharmacy room of the Otay Mesa immigration detention center Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in San Diego. Rutstein said Wednesday he was impressed by the medical services he saw delivered at the often-critizcized immigration detention center in San Diego, but says he didn't learn enough to say whether complaints about the facility are justified. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Doing time on God's clock in Georgia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Convicts in Georgia can now serve their time working for the Georgian Orthodox Church.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/11/4010159-doing-time-on-gods-clock-in-georgia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/11/4010159-doing-time-on-gods-clock-in-georgia</guid><category>eu</category><category>georgia</category><category>world-news</category><category>jails</category><category>monastery</category><category>georgian-orthodox-church</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:50:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Miss. sheriffs oppose closing juvenile facility</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gov. Haley Barbour's proposal to close Mississippi's only state-run juvenile correction facility and several mental health crisis centers could increase the burden on county jails, a sheriffs' group said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holbrook Mohr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Holbrook Mohr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/31/3700149-miss-sheriffs-oppose-closing-juvenile-facility</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/31/3700149-miss-sheriffs-oppose-closing-juvenile-facility</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>haley-barbour</category><category>jails</category><category>sherriffs</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:20:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>State-run magazine reports on black jails in China</title>
<description><![CDATA[It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tini Tran]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tini Tran]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3545302-state-run-magazine-reports-on-black-jails-in-china</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3545302-state-run-magazine-reports-on-black-jails-in-china</guid><category>china</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>jails</category><category>black-jails</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:37:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0f32117d-c29b-45c8-99c8-ccb938552851.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0f32117d-c29b-45c8-99c8-ccb938552851.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, a man walks through a former black jail where a young woman says she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a &quot;gray industrial chain,&quot; the articles say their existence &quot;damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.&quot;, but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f849660b-9600-4092-bd8d-9de64b9a013b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f849660b-9600-4092-bd8d-9de64b9a013b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, wet mattresses are stacked inside the site of a former black jail where a young woman claims she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a &quot;gray industrial chain,&quot; the articles say their existence &quot;damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.&quot;, but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e960b8b6-58fc-4abb-a101-1e79358ccb56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e960b8b6-58fc-4abb-a101-1e79358ccb56.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, human rights activist Liu Dejun looks through a room in a &quot;black jail&quot; in Beijing, China. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a &quot;gray industrial chain,&quot; the articles say their existence &quot;damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.&quot;, but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bf7dc929-fa34-452d-aa42-77483d86ea31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bf7dc929-fa34-452d-aa42-77483d86ea31.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bunk beds are  seen in a room in a &quot;black jail&quot; in Beijing Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers known as &quot;black jails&quot; exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4f0955b1-6f40-46f4-b859-71e379761579.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4f0955b1-6f40-46f4-b859-71e379761579.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, a 20-year-old petitioner from Anhui province waits to speak to police after she claimed she had been raped at a black jail in Beijing. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a &quot;gray industrial chain,&quot; the articles say their existence &quot;damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.&quot;, but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Chinese who complain to gov't risk kidnap</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kidnapping villagers who have traveled to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government and keeping them in unofficial jails to silence them has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that police refuse to crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexa Olesen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alexa Olesen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3492165-report-chinese-who-complain-to-govt-risk-kidnap</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3492165-report-chinese-who-complain-to-govt-risk-kidnap</guid><category>china</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>jails</category><category>black-jails</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/51eade76-5a10-4df7-b852-96b78becf81c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/51eade76-5a10-4df7-b852-96b78becf81c.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, a 20-year-old petitioner from Anhui province waits to speak to police after she claimed she had been raped at a &quot;black jail&quot; in Beijing, China. Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China's central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that mainland police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday Nov. 12, 2009. Black jails emerged in China about six years ago when the random detention of vagrants was outlawed. Their existence has been well-documented by human rights groups, lawyers, and the international media, but Thursday's report sheds new light on the economics of the jails and why they remain immune to prosecution despite violating Chinese and international law. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/08fff0c9-4102-4155-b7b7-ee59db4c83cd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/08fff0c9-4102-4155-b7b7-ee59db4c83cd.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, human rights activist Liu Dejun looks through a room in a &quot;black jail&quot; in Beijing, China. Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China's central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that mainland police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday  Nov. 12, 2009. Black jails emerged in China about six years ago when the random detention of vagrants was outlawed. Their existence has been well-documented by human rights groups, lawyers, and the international media, but Thursday's report sheds new light on the economics of the jails and why they remain immune to prosecution despite violating Chinese and international law.(AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/06174f4e-6cc2-4720-8b11-9b8d51de9d09.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/06174f4e-6cc2-4720-8b11-9b8d51de9d09.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wet mattresses are stacked inside the site of a former black jail where a young woman claims she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China's central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that mainland police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday Nov. 12, 2009. Black jails emerged in China about six years ago when the random detention of vagrants was outlawed. Their existence has been well-documented by human rights groups, lawyers, and the international media, but Thursday's report sheds new light on the economics of the jails and why they remain immune to prosecution despite violating Chinese and international law. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/140b7b9d-1436-49ac-aafa-950185ec8e72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/140b7b9d-1436-49ac-aafa-950185ec8e72.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man walks through a former black jail where a young woman says she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China's central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that mainland police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday Nov. 12, 2009. Black jails emerged in China about six years ago when the random detention of vagrants was outlawed. Their existence has been well-documented by human rights groups, lawyers, and the international media, but Thursday's report sheds new light on the economics of the jails and why they remain immune to prosecution despite violating Chinese and international law. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Activist: Chinese guard at black jail admits rape</title>
<description><![CDATA[A guard at an unofficial jail in the Chinese capital has pleaded guilty to raping a young detainee, an activist said Thursday, in a case that has put a spotlight on "black jails" where a growing number of people seeking justice from the government end up.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Anna]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cara Anna]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463159-activist-chinese-guard-at-black-jail-admits-rape</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463159-activist-chinese-guard-at-black-jail-admits-rape</guid><category>china</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>jails</category><category>black-jails</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:40:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A rape claim puts focus on Beijing's 'black jails'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 20-year-old student spoke softly but firmly as she described how a dispute over grades led to her rape at an unofficial jail.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexa Olesen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alexa Olesen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/10/3136355-a-rape-claim-puts-focus-on-beijings-black-jails</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/10/3136355-a-rape-claim-puts-focus-on-beijings-black-jails</guid><category>china</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>jails</category><category>black-jails</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfbff20b-69ad-43ea-abc0-ff11ca4fea1a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfbff20b-69ad-43ea-abc0-ff11ca4fea1a.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, a 20-year-old petitioner from Anhui province waits to speak to police after she claimed she had been raped at a black jail in Beijing. Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers, known as &quot;black jails&quot; exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/618effb2-29c9-4be1-9314-26f8061274cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/618effb2-29c9-4be1-9314-26f8061274cb.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, a hallway which leads to a &quot;black jail&quot; is seen in a guesthouse in Beijing. Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers known as &quot;black jails&quot; exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f205702-d2a9-4321-8c8a-50b81f75ac7b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f205702-d2a9-4321-8c8a-50b81f75ac7b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Aug. 4, 2009 photo shows bunk beds in a room in a &quot;black jail&quot; in Beijing. Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers known as &quot;black jails&quot; exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5496dd80-09f1-40b7-881e-3b8e05110725.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5496dd80-09f1-40b7-881e-3b8e05110725.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, human rights activist Liu Dejun looks through a room in a &quot;black jail&quot; in Beijing . Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers known as &quot;black jails&quot; exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/33fbaa56-d5e9-4d07-9d70-b4318e0a440e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/33fbaa56-d5e9-4d07-9d70-b4318e0a440e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Aug. 4, 2009 photo shows the entrance to the Juyuan Guesthouse, which contains a large store room crammed with bunk beds and old blankets and is used as a &quot;black jail&quot;  in Beijing. Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers known as &quot;black jails&quot; exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NY jails' teen violence law is met with skepticism</title>
<description><![CDATA[It took the vicious jailhouse beating death of Charnel Robinson's teenage son to spur passage of a law that might help to expose violence in city facilities that house adolescent inmates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristian Salazar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristian Salazar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/17/2828434-ny-jails-teen-violence-law-is-met-with-skepticism</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/17/2828434-ny-jails-teen-violence-law-is-met-with-skepticism</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>teens</category><category>jails</category><category>charnel-robinson</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 17:15:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Rev. Jesse Jackson warns of `jail hotels'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rev. Jesse Jackson has warned against prisons becoming "jail hotels" during his annual Christmas visit to the Cook County, Ill., jail.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/26/2247188-the-rev-jesse-jackson-warns-of-jail-hotels</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/26/2247188-the-rev-jesse-jackson-warns-of-jail-hotels</guid><category>jesse-jackson</category><category>jackson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:37:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: Illegal immigrants freed from Texas jail</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal immigration officials let thousands of inmates in the nation's third-most populous county walk out of jail despite the suspects admitting they were in the U.S. illegally, a newspaper investigation found.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/16/2118200-report-illegal-immigrants-freed-from-texas-jail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/16/2118200-report-illegal-immigrants-freed-from-texas-jail</guid><category>immigration</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:16:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man Returns to Ore. to Avoid Idaho Jail</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Oregon man was been arrested after fleeing police across a Snake River bridge into neighboring Idaho &#8212; only to reverse course near the stateline because he reckoned Oregon jails would be better than those in Idaho.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/24/1047263-man-returns-to-ore-to-avoid-idaho-jail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/24/1047263-man-returns-to-ore-to-avoid-idaho-jail</guid><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>idaho</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><category>snake-river</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Federal Judge Blasts Philly Jails</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge ordered city jails to go back under court monitoring, blasting conditions as overcrowded and squalid and saying inmates lack access to clean cells and adequate medical attention.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/26/539008-federal-judge-blasts-philly-jails</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/26/539008-federal-judge-blasts-philly-jails</guid><category>philadelphia</category><category>us-news</category><category>jails</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>