Wild lifers A death sentence handed down to a prison colony of feral felines is commuted

SF gate ^ | Sunday, September 9, 2001 | Eric Brazil

[Paul_E_Ester]

Avenal, Kings County -- Avenal State prison's got cats by the hundreds, and they're all serving life without possibility of parole.

Just how this isolated, treeless, sun-baked prison at the foot of the arid Kettleman Hills acquired a feral cat colony is a mystery, and by the time officials realized they had a problem, it was too late for a quick fix.

[Paul_E_Ester]

7,000 "Level 2" nonviolent inmates, whose numbers include some 400 lifers.

somewhere in there is a contradiction...

[B4Ranch]

they're all black, gray or black and white. No tabbies, no yellows, no calicos.

Incest?

[holyscroller]

Actually, I think if they were allowed to have pet cats, it may make them less violent. Some are probably so unloveable, only a pet could love them, and a pet may mellow them. It's been known to happen.