Update: Gitmo detainees lost another round at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Roberts denied their request for an extension to petition for rehearing of the denial of their certiorari petition and to suspend the order of denial. The AP reports here. Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog has this post and a faxed copy of the order.

Prison overcrowding: California legislators agreed on a $7.4 billion deal yesterday, in hopes of lessening our state’s overcrowded prison problem. Under the plan, 53,000 beds would be added to both California’s prison and jail facilities, additional inmate drug treatments, as well as vocational and education programs would also be available. According to this Sacramento Bee story, this two-phase deal would be completed in 10 years.

A Bill for Jessica: Mark Lunsford, father of Jessica Lunsford, who was kidnaped, raped and murdered in 2005, is urging North Carolina lawmakers to increase sex offender sentences. The Bill calls for a 25 year prison sentence for persons convicted of “certain sex crimes” and lifetime satellite monitoring for specific crimes, as reported by David Ingram of the Charlotte Observer.

One less Texas inmate? 30-year-old Ryan Dickson is scheduled to be the 13th inmate executed this evening in Texas, as stated in this AP story. Dickson, who has a criminal record dating back to his juvenile years, murdered an elderly couple after planning on stealing beer from their liquor store in November of 1994. Dickson killed the couple in cold blood, while his brother guarded the front door and two others waited outside, all were taken into custody.