Cash crisis forces California to free 55,000 prisoners

[peaceandlove]

Cash crisis forces California to free 55,000 prisoners

The prison crisis is not limited to California. In Des Moines, Iowa, county officials plan to start charging prisoners for toilet paper.

12:16PM Sunday Feb 15, 2009
Guy Adams
LOS ANGELES - There's not been a greater escape since Steve McQueen jumped aboard his motorcycle. The state of California has been ordered to release more than 55,000 prison inmates to ease pressure on its ailing penal system.

Article continues: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/ne...ectid=10556868

[Czymra]

Time for the George Carline solution.
Just kidding really.

[Humble Janitor]

Originally Posted by Czymra

Time for the George Carline solution.
Just kidding really.

Yep, let's find a small state, wall it off and build all kinds of fences and give them guns and other weapons. Problem practically takes care of itself.


I wonder if they released a high number of non-violent offenders? They probably have a ton of potheads in jail for simple possession.

[alyscat]

Well, if they'd let those poor weed users out of jail, I wonder what kind of drop they'd have in their prisoner population. Oh, wait, that's a federal crime - isn't it? Maybe they can't let those out. (Can't have too many 'mericans altering their state of consciousness -)
alys

[Czymra]

Originally Posted by Humble Janitor

Yep, let's find a small state, wall it off and build all kinds of fences and give them guns and other weapons. Problem practically takes care of itself.


I wonder if they released a high number of non-violent offenders? They probably have a ton of potheads in jail for simple possession.

I can't find the clip again, can you? Peace and Love was looking.

[oldpaganfreak]

they could put all the real bad guys on alcatraz and just do food/clothes and toilet paper drops.
that'd be a wild comminity. kurt russel's 'snake pliskin" would have trouble there!
it's really not a bad idea......is it?

[Humble Janitor]

Originally Posted by Humble Janitor

Yep, let's find a small state, wall it off and build all kinds of fences and give them guns and other weapons. Problem practically takes care of itself.


I wonder if they released a high number of non-violent offenders? They probably have a ton of potheads in jail for simple possession.

I forgot to add, something like this is too good for basic cable.

Let's put it on PPV and make it interactive! People can vote with their cell phones and text messages over what the prisoners should be given for survival, whether it be toilet paper or canned food!