Fire! Fire! Fire!

So the two kids who started the Seton Hall dorm fire are going to prison. But they get to go the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Yardville, a special prison for people 19-29. I didn't know NJ had prisons segregated by age, let alone 3 of them. But I think that's probably a good thing.

In addition to a full day of work, inmates are expected to participate in programs such as problem solving and anger management.

LePore and Ryan pleaded guilty on the eve of their murder trial in November, each to a single arson charge, admitting they ignited a banner about 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, 2000, in a freshman dormitory in South Orange. They called it "a prank that got out of hand."

Now unless the problem solving class involves how to use a fire extinguisher, I don't know how good it'll be for them. But I suppose for the majority of the kids/young adults at Yardville, those are probably very useful classes.

Also, I wonder, given the number of life without parole sentences that are sure to increase as the death penalty is phased out, to say nothing of the lifetime civil commitments some people are calling for for convicted sex offenders, will there eventually be prisons just for old people?