Colorado Prisoners Forced to Read USAToday
In addition to serving time, inmates at Colorado’s Garfield County Jail must endure a slog through America’s most generic newspaper to get their news.
The Aspen News reports that the prison only allows prisoners to read USAToday, for fear that local news will trigger conflicts among prisoners or engender vigilante justice. Garfield County Jail Commander Steve Hopple, confirming the report:
“We try to keep the local news from spreading. It’s a safeguard in place to slow it down but we can’t absolutely keep news from spreading,†Hopple said.
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