Boutique hotel or jail cell?

California seems to have our own "Coolest, Smallest" if you have to spend time in the pokey. This may be one of those things to file away in the back of your mind in case you find yourself driving the wrong way on a freeway after taking a script and hitting the pipe..all in the name of menstrual cramps of course.

Many of the self-pay jails operate like secret velvet-roped nightclubs of the corrections world. You have to be in the know to even apply for entry, and even if the court approves your sentence there, jail administrators can operate like bouncers, rejecting anyone they wish. "I am aware that this is considered to be a five-star Hilton," said Nicole Brockett, 22, who was recently booked into one of the jails .. and paid $82 a day to complete a 21-day sentence for a drunken driving conviction.

In some instances you are allowed to bring your laptop and or an ipod so things aren't too shabby. Check your local cities before landing yourself in the slammer, depending on where you stay rates range from $75 to $127... hey, does that mean I get an upgrade?

via NYT

Comments (5)

I think it's great that you posted this piece-- and as a reminder, just because a person ends up behind bars does not mean that they are criminal.

Clarification-- I think it's great that you (meaning AT) posted this piece.

Aw, boomer, lighten up... Where else would you expect Lindsay Lohan to be incarcerated after her next DUI? (I kid, of course.)

Actually, if someone is convicted, they are a criminal. But it's nice to see America continue its slide into becoming a third-world toilet, complete with two separate justice systems - one for the proles who do all the work, and another for lucky winners of the wealthy sperm club like Paris Hilton our our Doofus in Chief. All the justice money can buy.

We're fast becoming Mexico with nukes.

Looks like some of the dorm rooms a my old university... Come to think of it, the dorm building was designed by an architect who also designed prisons.