'The opposite of compassion is not hatred, it's indifference.'

Male rape is epidemic in U.S. prisons. Read Human Rights Watch's report, with inmates' statements and information about the 2003 federal legislation. For a rather more raw look at the problem, see the Punk Who Wouldn't Shut Up.
Human Rights Watch, Jim Goad, all via Metafilter

Police lineups singled out

Some police departments are doing away with the police lineup in favor of other identification strategies.
Christian Science Monitor

Spank this

Assemblywoman Sally Lieber has made herself somewhat unpopular by introducing a bill banning the spanking of children younger than four. Is it a good idea? Sweden thinks so.
TIME and Slate

The Bard Prison Initiative

The Bard Prison Initiative offers courses to inmate students at a long-term, maximum-security prison and a transitional medium-security prison, using "a rigorous and diverse liberal arts curriculum." About 100 inmates are currently enrolled, and the program is set to open another program at a women's prison in New York City.