Pay to stay … in jail
KANSAS CITY - It’s a great idea … for keeping a jackboot firmly planted on the neck of the working class and the poor.
The rent is non-negotiable.
See, what some municipalities do is this: they charge people a daily rate for their jailhouse stays.
If they can’t pay, they go back to jail where they accumulate more charges.
The end result for the municipality? Profit!
It’s Dickensian, for sure, and maybe a little Kafkaesque.
For one man’s tale of woe struggling with this system, go here.
And the gap between Us and Them grows ever wider.