Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoWhy don't county jails open up their free bed space in times of severe cold and severe heat to the homeless and others and just give them their own cell? And can leave whenever.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down16
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't county jails open up their free bed space in times of severe cold and severe heat to the homeless and others and just give them their own cell? And can leave whenever.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·21 hours agoBecause the prison industrial complex would like a word. Won’t you think of the poor shareholders who wouldn’t be paid for this free hotel service? Also, if we’re going to do that,.we may as well build actual shelters, give free mental healthcare, etc, and actually fix the problem
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·19 hours agoThat’s why the always raise taxes not bonds for new jails/prisons, That way the can keep reaping money forever, instead of come up with a way to fund themselves.
Because the prison industrial complex would like a word. Won’t you think of the poor shareholders who wouldn’t be paid for this free hotel service?
Also, if we’re going to do that,.we may as well build actual shelters, give free mental healthcare, etc, and actually fix the problem
That’s why the always raise taxes not bonds for new jails/prisons, That way the can keep reaping money forever, instead of come up with a way to fund themselves.