10.02.08

Mackerel As Prison Currency

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:01 pm by kevin

Mackerel Economics in Prison Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets

Besides the topic of the article itself, two observations:

…says Ed Bales, a consultant who advises people who are headed to prison

Well, I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that there’s a consultant for everything. I wonder whether Oz is good or bad for business…

…says Jonson Miller, an adjunct history professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia who spent two months in federal prison after being arrested at a protest on federal property.

It’s quite possible that there’s more to this story that explains the sentence (perhaps violence?), but if not, color me shocked that you can get several months in prison just for showing up at a protest.