July 28, 2008
Opinion: “It’s like screwing around with the ecosystem”
In California, the prison system is going to start integrating its prison cells — for years, inmate housing has been segregated along racial lines. An inmate sued, though, getting all the way to the Supreme Court. As part of a settlement, Cali agreed to start throwing cons into the melting pot, the Washington Post reports.
(Slowly, though — it's only in a few prisons at first.)
I'm curious how this is going to go down. Everything I've ever read says that most prisoners self-segregate because, well, they just plain don't like people from other races. And they tend to get all stabby when pushed together…
LINK - KansasCity.com Crime Scene Blog
