Hard Time: A Look At The Law Inside The Walls

67. Inmates and The Internet: What Could Go Wrong?


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Back to Slow Implosion State Penitentiary (see Ep.40) for a new dust-up, this time the state figured that giving inmates tablets and the internet was not worth all the money they were making. These tech companies are cleaning up-- but are they hosing inmates and families? Who should bear the costs, and what should that be?


At 52:45, Jake and Jon make reference to the harassed hick sheriff JW Pepper from the classic (bad) Bond film ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฆ in error; he certainly inspired sheriff Buford T. Justice from ๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต which was released 4 years later, which is whom Jon is quoting. Either character is an accurate reflection of Bibb County Sheriff David Davis.

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