From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 01:07:21 MDT
Mike writes
> > > I would place each prisoner in a sound-proof box the size of a large
> > > apartment, and weld the door shut behind him.
> >
> > The size of a large apartment? Can you imagine what this would cost?
> > Jails and prisons are already strapped for funding and privatization
> > isn't profitable. Where are you going to get all this money for the
> > building and management of these 'large apartments'?
>
>
> The cost of prisons is primarily on the security systems and facilities
> for security staff, the intricate gating systems needed to securely move
> prisoners in and out of their cells, to eat, shower, work, etc. If a
> prisoner instead was permanently kept in an apartment for the entire
> term of his sentence, with food served via dumbwaiter and visitation
> with family via closed circuit TV, it would be far cheaper to build such
> a prison.
My idea is this: go out into the middle of the Mojave, and sink very
large iron posts in a square array every 25 feet or so, place parasols
atop each, and securely chain each inmate to his post. The prisoners
are kept just out of reach of each other, so get to converse. A truck
drives by every two days and collects wastes and deposits canned food.
Each inmate in this men-only prison gets three blankets and a waste bucket.
Should be pretty cheap.
Lee
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