1. Only two death row inmates have been put to death since then, and both men chose to call off their appeals. 2. Besides, Fitzgerald said, the Ruiz lawsuit addressed those concerns, forbidding inmates to be put in charge of others. 3. Dozens of county sheriffs, in states as diverse as Texas, Indiana, Nebraska, Florida and Maine, are putting their inmates back in stripes. 4. For the officers involved, the official said, putting the inmates in jail was not enough. 5. Gov. Fife Symington advocated it as a way to put problem inmates, who formerly spent their days locked in cells, to work. 6. He was talking in the office of Tony L. Carlysle, who runs the unit and puts the inmates through a rigorous physical training program. 7. In each of his six years in office, Texas led the nation in putting inmates to death. 8. Like Alabama and Arizona earlier this year, Florida is resurrecting the practice of putting inmates in leg irons to work on roadsides under armed guard. 9. Like Alabama and Arizona earlier this year, Florida is resurrecting the practice of putting prison inmates in leg irons to work on roadsides under armed guard. 10. Officials in California, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia, for example, say they are putting more inmates to work outside prison walls. |