If you were to try to deliberate devise a policy that illustrated the corruption and bias of the prison-industrial complex, you couldn't do better than this.
California prison offering inmates $150 nightly 'Pay to Stay' rates (Yahoo! News)
That’s because a jail in Fremont is offering prisoners the chance to pay-as-they-go for a cell in the prison . And the rent isn’t cheap, running $155 a night, the same as a local three star hotel, according to local affiliate WTKR.
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While the program is unusual, the Fremont Police Department said that similar “Pay to Stay” programs currently exist in Southern California cities such as Anaheim and Beverly Hills .
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"There should not be one form of punishment for those who can afford to pay and a different form of punishment for those who can't," ACLU National Prison Project attorney Carl Takei told the Bee.
Oh, but that's pretty much the whole basis of the American system, Mr. Takei. (Though I'm sure you know that.)
Anonymous (not verified)
Sat, 08/10/2013 - 12:28
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It's a typical "if you build it they will come' scenario. The push will be to fill these beds as fast as they can so the city can recoup its money. I have heard of these arrangements, pay jail, in several other places. I think Jamaica does it and Venezuela, Columbia and maybe North Korea, so it has been proven to work.