You'll be stir-crazy after spending the night in Denver's new jail

[The Straight Story]

You'll be stir-crazy after spending the night in Denver's new jail


The "Bed & Breakfast" sleepover being hosted Saturday night by the Denver Sheriff's Department at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Facility —that's the jail at Denver's new Justice Center Complex — will be very realistic. "We truly want to give them the experience," says the department's Melissa Ortega. And that means that when you check in at 4 p.m., you'll be fingerprinted, have your mug shot taken, get patted down, be given a uniform and have all your personal effects taken away before you're led to your brand-spanking-new cell. Which means no book. No purse. No weapon. No hooch. And "no commingling," Ortega notes. "Males and females will be separate."


There are a few special amenities being offered to those who sign up to pay $60 for this unique experience. The sheriff's department is checking in advance to make sure that would-be inmates don't have any outstanding warrants, which would quickly move them to real inmate status if they showed up at the jail. "Knock on wood, we haven't had that happen," Ortega says of the 89 people who've paid so far. And while everyone will be eating what regular inmates eat — something like a chicken patty with mashed potatoes for dinner — the department will be serving a late-night snack, right before the screening of a movie, probably The Blind Side. "We can't lose sight of the fact that they're paying," Ortega says of the department's guests.

One other way these inmates have an out: If you're really going stir-crazy, the sheriff will let you out of stir before the official 7:30 a.m. release for an additional $10.

http://www.westword.com/2010-04-08/news/you-ll-be-stir-crazy-after-spending-the-night-in-denver-s-new-jail/

[SpiralHawk]

1. "But will they allow wide-stance, faux-diaper bondage?" - Steeley Mike (R)

"I'm making plans to entertain some of the Young Chickenhawk Republicon High Rollers, so I need to know."

- Steeley Mike (R)

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2. I'm surprised so many people would willingly give their fingerprints to the law. n/t

[EOTE]

4. Seriously. And they could get the same treatment for free.

All they'd need to do is drink too much and make a nuisance on a public street. Of course, you wouldn't get the snack or get to watch "The Blind Side", but I'd rather get a little wasted than waste $60 bucks.

[Newest Reality]

3. Set Tasers to Tickle Mode! - NT