12-year-old boy faces life without parole

Accused of killing his 2-year-old brother, Cristian Fernandez, age 12, is to be tried as an adult. Is there more to this story? You bet.
Florida Times-Union
News4Jax.com

Free at last

How Ray Towler spent 30 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit and what he did when they let him go.
Esquire

“In Detention”

"This is the latest blog post from a 27-year-old college graduate who ran a small construction clean-up company in Arizona until he was stopped by police for a traffic infraction in late summer of 2010. After Yogi (not his real name) was arrested and fingerprinted his information was shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was then transferred from jail to ICE custody because he lacked proper immigration papers. Yogi has lived in the United States since 1990. Deportation Nation is publishing his letters as a blog from the Florence Correctional Center, a private detention center in Arizona that is owned by the Corrections Corporation of America."
Deportation Nation

A real pain

Siobhan Reynolds of the Pain Relief Network would like doctors to be able to prescribe adequate pain medication for severely ill patients. The federal government thinks otherwise and they're letting her know.
Slate

Inmate dies from medical neglect

Incarcerated for violating the terms of her probation by getting pregnant, Amy Lynn Gillespie dies of pneumonia after Allegheny County jail staff ignore her pleas for medical attention.
Women's Rights and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Private prisons look to immigrants for new profit center

The story of how a private prison company helped to draft Arizona's immigration bill. "According to Corrections Corporation of America reports reviewed by NPR, executives believe immigrant detention is their next big market."
NPR

An old, old story...

Imprisoned since 1992 for a mass murder he didn't commit, Anthony Graves finally goes free. With no motive, no physical evidence , and the only witness against Graves recanting until the day he died, why was he there in the first place?
Texas Monthly

Study: One murder costs $17.25 million

Think rehabilitation's too expensive? The most violent offenders cost more than $150 million. (Scroll down for article.)
Iowa State University