Can you pay to go to a better prison?

In the United States, pay-to-stay is the practice of charging prisoners for their accommodation in jails. These prisons offer many benefits, including private cells, less violence and even the opportunity for convicts to serve their sentence only on weekends or after work.

Do luxury prisons exist?

At Bastoey Prison, inmates learn the value of protecting the environment and respecting one another. The prison is located on a luxurious island in Norway, and it doesn’t have any locked gates or barbed wire. Bastoey Prison is home to murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals.

Is there a place for the rich and poor in jail?

Jail was jail for both the rich and poor. Now even that bastion of equal treatment has fallen with the rise of pay-to-stay jails for well-off prisoners who can afford them.

How does the US criminal justice system treat the poor?

The disparity in the U.S. criminal justice system begins with arrest. The poor are often arrested during SWAT-type raids in the middle of the night that leave their front doors, and possibly their entire homes, in a shambles. The affluent are frequently allowed to “turn themselves in,” usually accompanied by their attorney.

Should wealthy offenders rent pay-to-stay cells in California?

Even when wealthy offenders have to do jail time, in Southern California they can ameliorate their conditions of con-finement by renting cells at pay-to-stay facilities.

Why are there so many murders in Los Angeles jails?

Gang activity is rampant in the LA jails, as is gratuitous violence that has led to a number of prisoner-on-prisoner murders. In 2006, funding cuts forced Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to reduce staff until there was only one guard per 100 prisoners. The national average is one guard per 10 prisoners.