If you click through to the actual story instead of the "tease", it says "All inmates housed in California institutions are allowed 6 cubic feet of personal property. This can include legal documents, photos, letters, and items that they are allowed to purchase at the canteen (hygiene and allowable food items)" I assume the personal property must fit with some storage unit that works out to 6 ft³.
--- On Fri, 7/6/12, James Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote: From: James Frysinger <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51752] Fwd: Scott Peterson's cell size incorrect -- Off Topic To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 3:43 PM This has to do with metrology, not the metric system. To that extent it is off-topic. I sent this a bit ago to the folks that run the FoxNews.com web site. I just could not keep myself from taking that poke at their journalists! Jim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Scott Peterson's cell size incorrect Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:42:59 -0500 From: James Frysinger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] See http://www.foxnews.com/ as of July 06 at 1337 CDT "San Quentin prison officials reveal details about the daily routine of Laci Peterson's killer, from his relations with other inmates to what his 6-cubic-feet cell is like at the Northern California facility." Even coffins are larger than 6 cubic feet. A cell that is 6 ft by 6 ft by 6 ft (that is, a cube 6 ft on a side) would have a floor space of 36 square feet (ft²) and a volume of 216 cubic feet (ft³). Do all journalists sleep through their high school and college math classes? Jim -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108
