Texas charges prisoners 50% more for water as heat wave continues

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Texas charges prisoners 50% more for water as heat wave continues - Lemmy.world

Charges for water?

Do they disclose the cleaning fee after checkout or right in the beginning? What about the convenience fee?

Are Texas prisons run by Ticketmaster?

Americans have a punishment boner when it comes to the legal system. They don’t want to prevent crime or improve society. They want the bad people to suffer.
Ted Bundy wished he was being ‘punished’ by this system instead of fried.
Ah yes. It’s better than being dead. What a low bar…
I mean, with how our system works I’d bet this company (Commissary vendor Royal Pacific Tea Company) and TM share some investors at least, but this sort of thing is not unique to Texas prisons or limited to commissary fees.
Why is commissary so expensive? Prices for everyday goods in prison soar amid inflation

An additional “tax” on commissary goods means incarcerated people are paying more for staples like peanut butter and soap, the Marshall Project found.

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