... and then he finds out that Chris Keller and Shirley Bellinger are NYPD detectives, Fr. Mukuda and Vern Shillinger are both government pshrinks, and just about every other actor from "Oz" has been either a witness or a suspect or a lawyer at one time or other.
Tom Fontana, the creator of "Oz" and "Homicide," and Dick Wolf, the creator of the "Law & Order" franchise, are close friends. They like a lot of the same actors. I can't think of many Oz cast members who haven't appeared on one L&O show or another. "Lost" seems to be keeping some of the same folks gainfully employed.