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ohnoyoudidnt

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Sat Jun 21, 2014, 06:47 PM Jun 2014

Florida man strikes again.


Florida Inmates Smuggle Gun Into Prison For Most Florida Reason Ever

Pro tip: Shooting yourself with a gun you smuggled into prison won't get you lawsuit money or a reduced sentence.

We know this because Deshandre Billups and Kirk Cartwright know this. The two Florida inmates, along with five others, were arrested Tuesday in what authorities describe as a plot to sue the Florida Department of Corrections, according to My Fox Orlando.

The department began its investigation in March after Billups and Cartwright were shot with a .25-caliber Beretta inside the Columbia Correction Institution in Lake City. Cartwright, 33, and Billups, 26, told guards that they were shot by an unknown assailant while they were praying in their cell.

With the help of friends, family members and a third inmate, the suspects allegedly smuggled the semi-automatic pistol into the prison through the mail, according to The Florida Times-Union. They allegedly had plans to shoot themselves and sue the prison system in an effort to settle for reduced sentences.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/20/inmates-smuggle-gun-sue-prison-system_n_5514955.html
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Florida man strikes again. (Original Post) ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2014 OP
Too much time on their hands. I believe that inmates should be required to work. NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #1
Well, it's creative Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #2
 

NYC_SKP

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1. Too much time on their hands. I believe that inmates should be required to work.
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 06:52 PM
Jun 2014

With a only very few exceptions, inmates should be kept busy, they should be productive enough to at least cover the cost of their incarceration and, better still, to cover their cost to society in the damage they do (after earning and paying any restitution).

I'd hate to apply this to nonviolent crimes, like simple possession, but, seriously, with nothing else to do and access to the outside world what else is a person going to do?

I'm glad their scheme was revealed.

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