Ohio considers charging inmates for electricity

[upstatecajun]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio inmates paying their debt to society also would have to pay $1 per month for electricity and give up flavored drinks, under a state prisons budget plan.
The Columbus Dispatch reports the changes are among moneysaving ideas proposed this week to save the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction $30 million. Making water the only beverage with inmate lunches and dinners would cut $1 million. Another $3 million would be saved by offering meals with less variety but more of the most popular and least expensive foods.

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[hobbit709]

1. Next up-charging for their air.

On edit: Maybe I shouldn't give them ideas.

[upstatecajun]

2. LOL

[upstatecajun]

3. They do charge for air

.25 at the BP LOL

[Mnemosyne]

4. I was robbed!

It's .50 cents here!

A belated welcome to DU,USC!:hi:

[CrispyQ]

5. It's like I said in the thread about the prisoner who saved $11,000 & the

state wants to take it away from him -- this is a nation that loves punishing people & we're escalating it to a sort of perpetual punishment. At least, of a certain class, that is. War criminals & corrupt banksters are exempt.

[Fumesucker]

6. We only love punishing *some* people..

Note that the banksters for example have had no significant punishment meted out to them, I could go on for some time about people who are not being punished in the USA but I'm sure you get my drift.

[raccoon]

7. How about the heretical idea of decriminalizing drugs? Or at least reducing penalties. nt