State rep: Make prisoners pay for time behind bars
Georgia lawmaker wants inmates to pay for health-care and lavish accommodations called ‘cells.’
There are some who argue that prisoners enjoy too much freedom. Cable TV, weight benches, sunshine. Then there are the other perks, such as free room and board, free health care, and on and on. All on the taxpayers’ dime! What are we gonna do with all these smooth criminals?
State Rep. Roger Lane has a plan. Last week, Lane, a Republican from Darien, gathered some signatures of his buddies and filed legislation called “The Jail and Prison Reimbursement Act.” It’s a seven-page bill that would essentially turn the state’s prisons into flophouses.
Long bill short: If you’re headed to the clink and are “financially capable,” you need to share the burden of housing your law-breakin’ ass.