It's Thursday, March 13, 1986: Microsoft, founded more than a decade earlier and already a powerhouse in the world of personal computer software, executes an initial public stock offering that will raise $61 million for the company and leave 30-year-old co-founder Bill Gates unfathomably wealthy.
CDCR today announced that it has met an important benchmark to reduce the stateâs prison population. A Three-Judge Court order, affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, requires CDCR to cut its prison population to 124,000 by June 27, 2012 and ultimately reduce overcrowding by 34,000 inmates. On June 20, the most recent count, Californiaâs prison inmate population was 121,129.
Indiana State Prison. This prison maximum security prison caters to 2,248 adult males as of 2009, according to the Indiana Corrections Department. Located in Michigan City, Ind., this prison was established in 1860 as the second state prison. It handles both maximum and minimum security inmates.ndiana Women's Prison. Established in 1973, this prison was the first built to house women exclusively. The facility is located one mile east of Indianapolis and has an average daily population of 555 female inmates, according to the state Corrections Department. This prison only houses maximum security inmates.