Prisons

Why do prison systems have luxuries available to the inmates? Weight lifting equipment is not a life staple. (Stronger criminals are realy not desired to the outside world.) Nor is cable TV, internett, cigarettes and porn. Pursuing an education on the outside world was not free last time I checked. Scholarships must be earned. So why is it in some prisons these items are available? Our lottery funds are paying for this?!

I beleive once you commit a crime you loose the rights you once enjoyed on the outside. It is suposed to be hard time but it doesn't seem that way. What constitutes it as "hard time" is the way the inmates treat each other. Lets get rid of ALL the ammentities, have them do menial labor and have access to literature and educational books as a past time. Pursue a degree? Ok as long as you work it off. Divert the lottery money to school property taxes, provided that there is a sizeable reduction to the property tax payer. Too much to bear? Too bad. They shouldn't have done the crime.