Oh, there are so many fun ways we can go here. The first might be to address the teeming mass of Americans who believe increasing prison healthcare spending will mean that inmates can expect better medical services than the rest of us. Read more
Category: Prison
“But I Shot a Man in Reno…”
Go ahead and try to not watch this clip all the way to the end. I dare you.
If you were one of the millions of American kids who grew up playing some variation of “cops and robbers,” ten to one no one expected you to always want to be a cop. For a nation as likely to mythologize its anti-heroes as much as its heroes, no wonder both sides have their appeal.
Prison Sex Change Controversy, as argued by Bert and Ernie
The Kicker: New York Daily News
Ernie: Hi Bert! Say, what’s your take on state-funded sex change surgery? You know, like for guys in prison who want to become women?
Bert: Wait, what the hell did you just say to me? Read more
Apocalypse Hoosegow Part III: L.A. Sheriff’s Vengeance University
The most gruesome prison movie couldn’t depict daily life in L.A.’s Men’s Central Jail, where I was lost for months.
Kickoff article: L.A. Weekly
Everything about the L.A. Men’s Central Jail – and I mean everything, from the hand-picked Catholic chaplains pressured to keep quiet, infirmary services, kitchens, visiting policies, and all conditions Read more
The Conceit of Guilt Trips
Actor Lane Garrison begins promotion of NBC drama ‘The Event’ by getting that vehicular manslaughter stuff “absolutely, 100 percent” out of the way – on NBC.
Original story: CNN Entertainment
Lane Garrison served a 22-month sentence for manslaughter resulting from the death of a passenger riding in a vehicle driven by the intoxicated actor. Read more
Apocalypse Hoosegow, Part II
Part II of a series wherein we follow Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso “up the river” of prison health costs
The parting shot in our first installment focused on the current rate of spending in California prisons and the fact that there’s no excuse for letting Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso keep his job rather than hiring someone who will stand up for taxpayers. Read more
Colonel Kelso Heads Up the River
…and takes a boatload of your tax dollars with him.
Original Story: L.A. Times
Remember the ”extreme prejudice” scene in Apocalypse Now? The one where Martin Sheen’s Captain Willard character is ordered to head north to find and kill the rogue Colonel Kurtz? Read more