Friday, November 16, 2007

Warden In Atlanta Wants Satellite TV So Inmates Can Watch MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

(From The Associated Press)

The warden of the CLAYTON COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION wants permission to spend money for a "management tool" -- satellite TV to keep his 226 inmates occupied watching football.

Warden FRANK TAYLOR is asking the Clayton County Commission to let him sign up for direct-broadcast satellite service for less than $100 a month.

It would be funded with money collected at the prison's commissary and pay phones, which last year amounted to $41,000.

"The reason is MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is now on cable," he said.

"Although it might seem funny, when you have 90 percent of inmates watching something, it is a management tool for the institution."

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