After that, she will be able to see Tate on weekends. Ranum said Tate will live in an individual cell in a unit that houses 16 inmates. He will be allowed to mingle with the prison population, the administrator said. He said group counselors meet with the boys each day, and Tate also will meet with a psychologist and a psychiatrist. During a regular day, said Ranum, Tate will be up at 6 a.m. with the other inmates for calisthenics.
School follows, along with an afternoon exercise period.
The killing of Tiffany Eunick took place in 1999. Tate was 12 years old at the time. The two had been playing together. During his trial, Tate and his attorneys maintained the death occurred while he tried wrestling moves on the girl that he had seen on television. Tate's mother turned down a plea bargain that would have put the boy in juvenile detention for three years followed by house arrest and probation.