The great state of Texas is known for its love of all things big. Big hamburgers, big beers, big cars and now, big idiots as well. Not to generalize because I have met many a friendly and quite sane Texan in my day, but this latest punishment handed down by a Texas jury is truly mind boggling. An inmate at the Coffield Unit facility has been given an additional 60 years to his sentence after he was caught with a cell phone by prison authorities. I know of Western countries where you get five years for rape. This means that either everyone is too lenient except Texas, or Texas is nuts and completely out of control when it comes to handing out punishment. Texas has been on its spurs since a state senator received death threats from an inmate waiting on death row. While I do not condone death threats or using a mobile phone for illegal and harmful purposes, I do have a problem with prisoners not being allowed to use phones inside a prison for legitimate purposes.
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