| When she walked through the mines and penitentiaries the prisoners there often appeared surprised at her hopelessness. |
| White, who came from a good home, managed to spend a fair amount of his life at a host of federal and state penitentiaries. |
| Women are the fastest-growing segment of the population in federal penitentiaries and state prisons. |
| He added that when he was the director general he used to make impromptu visits to the penitentiaries at night. |
| Since then, I have been doing this work with 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States. |
| According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities. |
