Iowa Correctional Officer Recruits Inmates As Outside-The-Box Solution To Youth Sports Ref Shortage
by Chris Thompson from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3HXC7)

So, there's a nationwide shortage of youth sports referees, related to crappy pay and ridiculous workloads and abusive parents. Here's a novel idea for how to combat this problem, by way of sunny Iowa: train prison inmates in the subtle arts of basketball refereeing.