There is a smile on my face. I just read that the warden at Ironwood stood up to the CCPOA and didn't buckle under their pressure to abandon the education program for Blythe prison inmates. Touché.

Note: I would encourage people to write to the Warden in this story to express agreement with him up. Either we give the education to all who desire it in prison (make them productive when released, remember they get a good job they will pay taxes) or we pay for it for the years these people will stay in prison. Don't you think paying 30,000 to 40,000 is worth it? Or would you perfer to pay 30,000 per year keeping these people in prison. In 10 years that would be a total of 300,000. Now you decided what is cheaper?

Should children and adolescents be processed in the adult judicial system or does it constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment to the Constitution

Jeb's proposed budget would abandon state-funded juvenile intervention programs that have kept kids -- thousands of them -- from evolving into grown-up criminals. He wants to cut $63 million from the $640 million Juvenile Justice Agency budget -- most of it from prevention programs.

I have a problem with all this religious talk about Andy. Turning to God while in prison is not uncommon. At least 90% of all inmates do so. I feel that it is a way to give them hope. Those that might get out in a few years do not follow a religious life once released. This is Hipacritical and means absolutely nothing.

A Florida court is expected to rule soon on the appeal of Lionel Tate, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a 6-year-old playmate in 2000 when he was just 12. An adult criminal court in Florida recently convicted brothers Alex and Derek King of killing their father when one was 12 and the other 13. Meanwhile, federal and state authorities debate the most effective method of obtaining a death sentence for 17-year-old John Lee Malvo for his role in the Washington-area sniper case.

From all accounts of the crime, Daniel tried to avoid his uncle - he called a friend, hoping to get away from the house before his uncle came over. While being beaten by his uncle, he tried to call 911 for help, and the uncle ripped the phone out of the wall. The knife used in the "killing" was underneath Daniel's TV set, and was only available to him after his uncle violently picked up the TV and threw it to the floor.

WEST PALM BEACH -- Moments after their teenage son was sentenced to 28 years in prison for killing his English teacher, Nathaniel Brazill's parents said they had faith his case would be overturned on appeal.