by | March 17th, 2006
Oh, sweet Portland, how your lovely liberalism and ‘be nice to everyone’ has bitten you in the ass yet again…sometimes I’m surprised we even put people in jail!
PORTLAND, Ore., March 16 (UPI) — A $59 million jail featuring art and flat screen TVs in Portland, Ore., has been sitting unused for more than a year as the city can’t afford to open it.
The Wapato Facility took two years to construct and can house 525 inmates at a cost of $20 million per year, which would please Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Giusto to no end.
But the county says it doesn’t have that kind of money, and expects to be in the hole at least $32 million next year.
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This kind of stuff really gets to me. It’s a freaking jail, and they have flat and art on the wall?! What happened to cinder block buildings with bars on the windows?
If you’re a criminal you shouldn’t get luxuries. I think even ANY TV is too much. Remember when your parents grounded you? They took away your TV privs…
We make it way too cushy in jail here in the US. Bread, water and a hard cot would be much more of a deterrent than an artistic, modern pad.
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