Quite a satire from the Onion…

SAN DIEGO—Plagued by a lack of funding and growing staff shortages, the San Diego Zoo and Ironwood State Prison were combined earlier this week, bringing local inmates and wildlife together for the first time under the same roof.

The new state-of-the-art facility—which will house 12 separate cell blocks, a reptile house, two weight rooms, and a primate sanctuary—is expected to save the state of California up to $5 million in operation costs over the next year. Read the whole thing…

Amnesty is really getting the word out with their travelling prison tour to show people just how horrible our illegal prison in Guantanamo is. They also have a 3-d online replica of a Guantanamo cell.

They’re also organizing visits to congressional offices for the week of June 30-Jul 3. I’m on the list for that but haven’t heard anything yet…