No more prisons

California runs out of money to build new prisons, decides to try rehabilitation instead.
Christian Science Monitor

diduknow?

About 22 percent of murders in 2002 were murders within families.
Bureau of Justice Statistics

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry

More officers are using steroids to stay in shape .
Richmond Times-Dispatch

Getting an education

Death row inmates present scholarship to student whose sister was murdered.
CNN

Plagued

In 2003, Dr. Thomas Butler reported some missing vials of plague specimens to the safety officer at his university. In 2005, he's about halfway through his two-year prison sentence. More here.
ProMED-mail/Clinical Infectious Diseases

Judicia dentata

Florida judges ignore a state law requiring them to order chemical castration for some types of sex offenders.
The Ledger/AP

The religious life

The Supreme Court rules that prisons must facilitate worship by inmates who are members of minority religions.
Christian Science Monitor

diduknow?

In 2002, a typical CSI lab began the year with a backlog of about 390 requests, received 4,900 requests, and completed 4,600 requests.
Bureau of Justice Statistics