[BigFinn]

Don't tell me there isn't money for prisons when they are going to send 50 billion... with a B... to Africa for AIDS.... I saw it in the Fresno Bee today... our local congressman Devin Nunes (R) has voted YES on the bill....

I see a lot of trash alongside the highways that needs to be picked up... why not make them work off their sentences... or do we have a failure to communicate...

[CindyDawg]

Yep. Make them work to support their familes, pay room and board and compensate victims. Teach them trades and how to function in society. No work...No food or water...Poor work..bread and water.

[MovementConservative]

I see a lot of trash alongside the highways that needs to be picked up... why not make them work off their sentences... or do we have a failure to communicate...

No failure to communicate. Just you playing the ignorant fool. The county inmates do have outside work crews who pick up trash, rake leaves, etc. It doesn't mean it costs less to house them.
A smarter approach IMO is to put the non-violent ones on ankle bracelets and under house arrest.