As It Happens

Friday: Boy locked in room, Colorado prison chief, deer body shop, and more...

A London, Ontario boy is freed, after up to two years locked in his room in unimaginable conditions -- and tonight, a neighbour expresses his horror at the revelation...How Colorado's new head of Corrections wants to change the state's policy on segregating prisoners. And to make his point, he spent a night in solitary...and a Philadelphia auto-body shop owner is alleged...
A London, Ontario boy is freed, after up to two years locked in his room in unimaginable conditions -- and tonight, a neighbour expresses his horror at the revelation...How Colorado's new head of Corrections wants to change the state's policy on segregating prisoners. And to make his point, he spent a night in solitary...and a Philadelphia auto-body shop owner is alleged to have used deer carcasses and fur to submit fake claims to insurance companies.

Part One

Boy locked in room
A London, Ontario boy has been freed from his aunt and uncle's house, after allegedly spending nearly two years essentially imprisoned, in disgusting conditions. We'll speak with a neighbour who saw the boy through the window -- but had no idea of the situation he was in.

Colorado corrections chief
When Rick Raemisch took over as the head of Colorado's Department of Corrections, he wanted changes to the state's policy on segregating prisoners. And to make his point -- which he did -- he spent a night in solitary confinement himself.

Part Two

Deer body shop
Hear the story of a multi-million-dollar insurance scam in which the owner of a Philadelphia auto-body shop routinely faked claims, with the help of a collection of deer carcasses.

Dog mammoth study
Humans had a tough time figuring out how to bring down woolly mammoths -- and a new study suggests the first domesticated dogs helped us become the leaders of the pachyderms.

Part Three

US Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Shinseki resignation
The more we learn about the treatment of veterans by veterans' hospitals in the United States, the more shocking the situation becomes. And today, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, submitted his resignation.

San Francisco bait bikes
How the San Francisco police are hoping to break a cycle with cycles, by using some innovative methods to catch bike thieves.

Blood draining treatment
A Pittsburgh doctor begins clinical trials of a procedure to save people with life-threatening injuries, by replacing all their blood with ice-cold saline.