Small town with empty jail hires scary 'security firm'

Hardin, Montana, builds a detention center for profit. Except that it's still empty after the Guantanamo Bay idea falls through. Enter American Police Force, which promises to fill up the jail. Except no one can figure out what American Police Force is.
Billings Gazette

Missouri model triumph

"Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley."
CNN

Will California free 27,000 offenders?

California's state assembly is set to consider a bill that would allow the release of more than 27,000 inmates from crowded prisons.
CNN

Why 'broken windows' is good for jails

The "broken windows" theory that has directed much of urban policing in recent decades is also useful in ensuring order in jails.
City Journal

Madoff crony charged

The SEC has charged Bernard L. Madoff's chief financial officer, Frank DiPascali, with securities fraud. Also, a Madoff victim who had an affair with him has written a book about the experience.
US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg

'We close at 5' judge goes on trial

Texas Judge Sharon Keller is accused of judicial misconduct after allegedly refusing to hear a last-minute death row appeal because the clerk's office had closed for the day.
TIME

Tapping the inmates

Jails and prisons look to wealthy inmates to recoup costs.
AP/Pantagraph

Feds to Cali prisons: Open the doors

A federal panel orders California to reduce its inmate population by 40,000 so sick and mentally ill inmates can receive better treatment.
NBC Los Angeles