Cruel And Unusual Punishment? -- No More Coffee Served To Inmates

[HuckleB]

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/22026570/detail.html

Ouch! :hurts: OUCH! :hurts: OUCH! :hurts: OUCH! :hurts:

(Please have a sense of humor.)

Please.

:donut:

[Ken Burch]

1. Maybe not cruel and unusual, but petty and pointless

These guys are already DOING TIME. Running a prison doesn't have to be about random acts of petty meanness. This isn't going to reduce recidivism or make any meaningful change in the crime rate.

[HuckleB]

2. Indeed.

[Morning Dew]

3. It's chickenshit. n/m

[rug]

4. Prison coffee is barely one notch above gas station coffee.

[HuckleB]

5. It's still coffee.

Is it really better than gas station coffee?

Dang.

[Ken Burch]

6. Depends on how many days in a row they re-heat it

After three or more, it's "Car Repair Shop" coffee.

[HuckleB]

12. My car repair shop serves some decent coffee.

But I live in Portland, so they have to do that.

[jmowreader]

7. I did a quick search...

Quite a few county jails have stopped serving coffee. Average savings quoted was $50,000/year. A couple of the jail operators also said inmates were using the coffee as a weapon--hot coffee, because of the oils in it, will burn you badly.

[RobinA]

9. Coffee

}( More business for the black marketeers. Coffee is an easy smuggle and way easier to use under the table than lighting up a cig. I guess black market profits are off and they need to boost the economy.

[LeftyMom]

14. The smell's kind of a giveaway.

The smell of brewing coffee fills up a room like little else.

[jmowreader]

15. There's no need for them to "smuggle" it

Of the jails that no longer serve coffee, most of them said they sell instant coffee in their canteens. Only Arpaio's gulag doesn't.

So...save fifty bills a year in county-issued coffee, and make money selling it at a profit to the inmates? That sounds like a creative way to help fund your operation.

[depakid]

11. On the other hand, it's a privilege that can be taken away as part of a token economy

which helps correctional officers keep inmates reasonably well behaved.

[HuckleB]

13. So they're serving tap water instead?

Juice would be more expensive, so I'm not sure there's really any savings. And they can make the coffee at a lower temperature, and certainly they can serve it at a lower temperature.

[jmowreader]

16. It looks like Kool Aid is the choice of America's jailers

They said they either serve milk in the morning and Kool Aid for lunch and dinner (or just for dinner if you're in Arpaio's custody--he only feeds twice a day) or Kool Aid three times a day. And that shit is very cheap to feed.

[BunkerHill24]

8. No Coffee is a prison...

Maybe they will now learn drinking a Green Tea....a healthier choice.

[virgogal]

10. Much healthier for them.