That sounds like a good argument for having AC in all the units, and not just infirmary and the library.

Rikers isn't a PRISON

I agree with you that Rikers Island is full of people who make very bad choices.

It's nice to see that White Middle America is discovering what every poor or working class person of color in New York City already knew - Rikers Island is a hellacious place to do time.

Just because it isn't an original concept doesn't mean it isn't a good concept. You said it was done over a decade ago. There hasn't been much progress. I'm all for recycling the message to try and make it stick.

All true things that don't change the fact that it looks kinda shitty ^_~

You really think committing a crime means you deserve to suffer from untreated, painful and life-threatening illnesses? That was the main point, if you would have actually read it, you would have noticed that. Even when we executed people we at least attempt to minimize the suffering involved because we have this…

1) She didn't get a fair trial.

People do not deserve to be denied the health care that taxpayers are supposed to provide. Committing a crime does not change the fact that someone is human. Being able to read several paragraphs without getting bored is just something adults do.

she is the wooooooooooooooooooooooorst

I was unaware that it was physically possible to cough up pieces of one's liver.

Yes, because of course the only two choices we have are "make prison pleasant" and "ignore medical needs completely."

That's a lot of fucking soup.

1 kg is about 2.2 lb. If you combine that with a little bit of metric nicety, (the density of water works out to a neat 1 kg/L.) you can work out that the "2.5 liters of broth, 200 g of chick peas, 150 g of lentils, 150 g of borlotti beans, 500 g of other vegetables" should total to around 3.5 kg of minestrone.

1 kg=2.2 lbs, in case anyone needs that.

"Well, you never know. I'm a very important person. I sell monogrammed coffee thermoses."

look at her fucking face

I always confuse her for Oscar Wilde.

Alana's an 8 year old reality TV star. I'm not sure we should be critiquing her behavior as much as the adults around her.