Would You Pay To Stay?

this is not where you want to be, but if you had to, would you pay for something a tad nicer


California's prisons are pretty bad. There's overcrowding, prison gang violence, and a few too many guys like White Power Bill. Fortunately, most people will never have to experience these horrid places... But as anyone starlet can tell you, not even fame can keep you away from the slammer.

So if you have to go, and you're not a violent felon, you may be able to go to the cushy pay to stay jails, where ipods are welcome. But is it a good idea to pay to stay?

Consider that these pay to stay facilities seem rad, but they're not really helping out all the other bads in California's correctional facilities.

In fact, the Michigan Law Review recently took on this topic, and even Nicole Richie's lawyer got in on the discussion....This interesting look into Pay To Jails can be found at: http://www.michiganlawreview.org/index-fi.htm

So would you pay to stay??

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