Major paper coverage of California prison realities

Though it might just be an example of my selective perception, I think we are seeing more and more corrections stories in major papers these days.  Exhibits one and two come from two coastal Times (though both deal with California’s prison woes):

• Today, from the New York Times here, “Using Muscle to Improve Health Care for Prisoners.”

• A few days ago, from the Los Angeles Times here, “Increase in inmates opens door to private prisons”