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Pay-to-Stay Jail Programs Offer Upgraded Cells For a Price
Jail isn’t meant to be comfortable. But in some SoCal cities, for the right price, they can be decidedly more so than for most of the general prison population, to the outrage of crime victims and their families.
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On Aug. 22, 2010, Chiho Hayakawa’s daughter, Mai, was killed instantly in a deadly DUI crash. She was the passenger in a Toyota Celica that was unrecognizable after the collision. The drunken driver of the car was Mai’s classmate, a man named Michael Keating.
Hayakawa said Keating never apologized to her family, and then, was given upgraded jail accommodations when his family shelled out tens of thousands of dollars.
Now that's what you call "equal justice"
That's what you call an incompetently managed state doing whatever it can to balance a budget.
That's what you call an incompetently managed state doing whatever it can to balance a budget.
Those are not state prisons but instead are city and county jails. In other words not relevant to the state's budget situation. In fact most of the towns listed, particularly in Orange County are controlled by Republicans - just check who they elect to Congress.
Isn't this special? :roll: If you have the money you don't have to stay with those 'others' even when you have killed a person.
Called “pay-to-stay,” the cells can be found in Seal Beach, Anaheim, Arcadia, Burbank, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana and Torrance, at nightly rates of $127 to $143. In some cities, the non-violent offender’s cell doors are not locked, and the prisoners are free to come and go to their jobs on a daily basis.
Now that's what you call "equal justice"
Those darned republicants must be behind this scandal.
Isn't this special? :roll: If you have the money you don't have to stay with those 'others' even when you have killed a person.
Called “pay-to-stay,” the cells can be found in Seal Beach, Anaheim, Arcadia, Burbank, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana and Torrance, at nightly rates of $127 to $143. In some cities, the non-violent offender’s cell doors are not locked, and the prisoners are free to come and go to their jobs on a daily basis.
Now that's what you call "equal justice"
Do you know the difference between jail and prison?
I'm leaning to your point of view on this topic. However, don't forget that most people in JAIL as opposed to prison haven't been convicted of anything.
California has a large number of diverse—and aging—county jail facilities.
California’s counties operate several types of jails, including court holding facilities, temporary holding facilities, and long-term facilities. All counties except Alpine operate at least one long-term facility, for a total of 123 facilities across the state. Almost half were built before 1980.
That's true but evidently in California, some cities and counties have detention facilities for those convicted of various felonies.
I'm just using the word, "jail", as it is understood in California - for those who wish to quibble over the definition of jail vs. prison
It's not quibbling. Prison is a penal institution. Jail SHOULD NOT be a penal institution. Jail's stated purpose is a remedy for flight risk or to protect society from allegedly dangerous people. It's a serious problem that jails don't presume their detainees as innocent.
But the issue here is not the small number affected initially, but what happens as this takes off and becomes the norm - like the growth in for-profit prisons, or the way the monitoring & confiscation of property & cash and the suspension of civil rights, initially would only affect 'the very small number of big-time drug-dealers'.Nope, that is what I call the "just us" system where special criminals get special treatment. One can hardly expect to balance a city budget by charging a handful of (268) prisoners a whopping $70K (combined) per year.
Exactly!I'm leaning to your point of view on this topic. However, don't forget that most people in JAIL as opposed to prison haven't been convicted of anything.
Isn't this special? :roll: If you have the money you don't have to stay with those 'others' even when you have killed a person.
Called “pay-to-stay,” the cells can be found in Seal Beach, Anaheim, Arcadia, Burbank, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana and Torrance, at nightly rates of $127 to $143. In some cities, the non-violent offender’s cell doors are not locked, and the prisoners are free to come and go to their jobs on a daily basis.
Now that's what you call "equal justice"
Isn't this special? :roll: If you have the money you don't have to stay with those 'others' even when you have killed a person.
Called “pay-to-stay,” the cells can be found in Seal Beach, Anaheim, Arcadia, Burbank, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana and Torrance, at nightly rates of $127 to $143. In some cities, the non-violent offender’s cell doors are not locked, and the prisoners are free to come and go to their jobs on a daily basis.
Now that's what you call "equal justice"
Personally I think that convicted criminals who are incarcerated should always be made to pay for their room and board.
1) How?
2) And if they refuse?
Personally I think that convicted criminals who are incarcerated should always be made to pay for their room and board.
In most states these days they actually do.
Welcome to Prison. Will You Be Paying Cash or Credit? | TIME.com
Headed to prison? Beware: Debt is the new black | MSNBC
Doing time on their own dime: More states charge inmates for stays in jail, prison
Riverside County to charge prisoners $142 per day - Nov. 9, 2011
Their assets can be seized and/or they can be made to work for their room and board.
And if they refuse to work? Let's throw in that they have no more assets.
And if they refuse to work? Let's throw in that they have no more assets.
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