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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia's Pay to Stay... $100/night upgrade to jail cell is now a thing...
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/03/09/afraid-of-jail-buy-an-upgrade?share=pay5-grid&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter#.bY4oX6EOAInstead, Wurtzel, who also had been convicted of sexual battery in a previous case, found a better option: For $100 a night, he was permitted by the court to avoid county jail entirely. He did his time in the small jail in the nearby city of Seal Beach, with amenities that included flat-screen TVs, a computer room and new beds. He served six months, at a cost of $18,250, according to jail records.
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In what is commonly called pay-to-stay or private jail, a constellation of small city jails at least 26 of them in Los Angeles and Orange counties open their doors to defendants who can afford the option. But what started out as an antidote to overcrowding has evolved into a two-tiered justice system that allows people convicted of serious crimes to buy their way into safer and more comfortable jail stays.
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California's Pay to Stay... $100/night upgrade to jail cell is now a thing... (Original Post)
SticksnStones
Apr 2017
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HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)1. These guys need to get up on AirBnB
Bet there are plenty of tourists that would pay for a few nights in jail, parents grounding rebellious teens, husbands pranking visiting in laws, you name it.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)2. Unequal justice under the law.
This should be against the law. Period. Why wouldn't someone convert a luxury resort into a jail for those who have even more money? Perhaps people are already planning such luxury jails, given this precedent.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)4. And why do some get to go to country club jails and halfway houses
While others go to Supermax. Unequal treatment.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)5. Money. It's almost always the answer to the question.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)6. While initially it was present as a solution to overcrowding
It does seem utterly unethical and counter to the very core of democracy...
How, exactly was this allowed indeed ~
ExciteBike66
(2,372 posts)3. Anyone else reminded of Snow Crash,
by Neal Stephenson? Which was better, the Hoosegow or the Clink?