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I don't care much for the jailers, but what about the families of inmates who might want to visit them? Will they be forced to travel out of state? Couldn't den
by mahmud 16y ago
I don't care much for the jailers, but what about the families of inmates who might want to visit them? Will they be forced to travel out of state? Couldn't denying someone visitors be construed as cruel and unusual punishment?
- helveticaman 16y agoYou can probably subsidize the travel with part of the savings.
- chris11 16y agoWon't happen.I think it would be horrible politically to offer vacations to families with members in jail, no matter how much was saved.
- lliiffee 16y agoGood point! Theoretically, you could have Montana come and run a prison in California. Of course, that would never be allowed, for the same reasons that it costs so much to house prisoners in California now...
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- hugh3 16y agoDenying someone visitors would be cruel and unusual punishment. Making visitors drive for two days (or fly for two hours) in order to visit, though, isn't. Think about it this way: in the days before motorised transport, were prisoners always kept within easy travelling distance of their relatives? I think not, and it wasn't cruel-and-unusual then. For practical purposes, though, Montana to California is a bit too far. But Nevada spends only $20K, and there's not much of Calfornia which isn't within a reasonable daytrip of somewhere in Nevada. Mexico probably spends even less, though contracting prisons out to Mexico might cause genuine constitutional issues...