I found this series interesting, but if I was a Pulaski County taxpayer, I'd be concerned about what the sheriff might be putting me and the rest of taxpayers on the hook for. When the government takes a man's freedom from him, the government then becomes responsible for his wellbeing. That prisoner has to be fed, housed and cared for in a humane manner, and he has a civil right to not be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, and the sheriff has a duty to keep the prisoners from harm. If one prisoner had attacked another prisoner during their little experiment and severely injured, maimed, or even worse, killed a prisoner before officers could get in there and stop it? Well, the county would writing the prisoner and/or his family a big, fat check. I can't believe the county legal department would've signed off on this experiment. Locking people up; taking their freedom away, is a very expensive business if done right, and even more expensive if done wrong.
Review of Unlocked: A Jail Experiment
