Posted on 01/30/2009 7:24:48 AM PST by savedbygrace
Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2009) -- Can't afford a new High-Definition TV? Well, steal one. If they catch you, you'll still be able to watch it in prison.
At least in Massachusetts, that is.
The Boston Herald reports that the Massachusetts Department of Corrections has purchased 117 new High-Definition TVs for inmates to watch this Sunday's Super Bowl.
The sets, which include 32-inch LG sets and 26-inch Sharp LCDs, cost the state $76,958 at a time when Massachusetts is laying off workers and cutting social programs. The sets are being installed in the common areas of all state DOC prisons this month.
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Ping worthy?
Prisoners shouldn’t have ANY televisions. Nor radios. They should be punished for crimes they committed. They should be doing farm work, or other work, to pay for their incarceration costs.
Isn’t there some brave Republican Senator out there who will STOP this or at LEAST shed some light—c’mon Bob Dole even said, “let the sun shine in!” THis is totally crazy!! I think I am being driven to run for office by the morons up there in DC!
Do it dude.
HAHAHAHahahahahaha...
Coupe D’Eval (A.K.A. 0bama’s “Mini-me”) shows us what’s in our future as the iron grip of Socialism tightens on the formerly free United States of America...
Your money will buy expensive crap for law-breakers that you cannot afford yourself. (Oh, wait — I just described Beacon Hill also.)
Peet (damn right I’m cynical!)
They get to watch the Super Bowl instead of picking up the trash and making license plates? WE have chain gangs out here, Massachusetts, get a plan!
What? No Tivo? I smell an ACLU lawsuit.
But The Boston Herald reports that some law enforcement officials are outraged by the purchase.
“It sends the wrong message when they’re asking sheriff offices throughout the state to cut at least a million out of our budget,” said Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis, who says he recently removed TVs from the Worcester County House of Correction. “I would argue there are other things you can spend the money on that are more conducive to rehabilitation.”
You would ARGUE there are better ways to rehab, would you? Go south or west, Sheriff, and watch how they work the chain gangs out here, where we don’t worry about whether the prisoners have their MTV!
Ya know - the switch isn’t until the week AFTER the SuperBowl - they should’ve waited until 6 months after the switch to buy new TVs. Heck, even with Direct TV, I would have to PAY for HDTV. We aren’t... Darn choices sensible people make... (LOL)
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