Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
I hate to fall on steriotype but couldnt you just execute the life imprisonment, no chance for parole prisoners and put the rest to work on construction, That would free up space and heck you could be able to make abit of money buy hooking up the prisons exercise machines to electricity generators and save on fuel.
I'm not sure you would have any excess power from the prison exercise machines after the electric chair got it's share of the current.

What's the sales tax up to in Texas? 8%? Poorer locales can't raise money through bond issues. At what price point does oil need to get to before the Texas fields get going again?