A Boring Dystopia

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TIL you can pay $100 per night for Premium Jail with more comfortable conditions (www.latimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago (16 children)

There was a weird thing in England that if you were found not guilty and released from prison, you'd have to pay the prison boarding costs because you had no right to be there in the first place

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

If I saw an article with the title

UK man has $80,000 room and board bill from prison after being found not guilty of murder.

I'd be looking to see if it was from the onion.

[–] marble 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy31pk1w0lo

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Holy shit.

He explained that his compensation was also calculated on the assumption that he would never have worked and would have received benefits.

Fucking monsters.

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