1.   But few states are making equally strong efforts to keep youthful offenders from returning to prison once they are released.

2.   Candidates on both sides are trying to demonstrate that they can build more prisons and keep more offenders off the streets.

3.   Even so, Bush said the penal code changes are worthwhile because they will help keep repeat offenders off the streets.

4.   Half of the money would go to states that can show they are keeping violent offenders in jail longer.

5.   Should offenders be kept in jail for as long as possible?

6.   Some authorities speculate, for example, that the increase in the number of criminals in prison means that more repeat offenders are being kept off the street.

7.   Similar outrage nationwide about vicious sex crimes has prompted new laws to keep sex offenders behind bars longer.

8.   The step was taken to keep offenders whose cars have been confiscated from continuing to drive with borrowed vehicles.

9.   New Texas laws keep sexual offenders in prison longer and raise their public profile once they are released.