The state inmates are considered the most dangerous prisoners in city jails because they have been convicted of felonies.

B11 Justices affirmed a route of appeal for state inmates.

Mississippi officials have barred all interviews with state inmates.

Such laws allow state inmates who have been sentenced to death to file appeals in Federal courts.

Like it or not, the Republicans who run state government have a duty to provide state inmates effective access to the courts.

For about a year the city has consistently bent its 60-foot standard, lowering it to 40 square feet for state inmates and others.

City jails now house 2,477 state inmates, 417 of whom should already be in state custody.

Since the late 1970's, county jails have been required to accept state inmates if there is no room in state prisons.

"What's worse, we have to release a state inmate for every criminal alien who enters our prisons."

More than 1,700 state inmates are currently housed in county jails.