Boutique Jail Cells are Just One Example of Social Inequality

An article published to the Los Angeles Times on March 11, by the Times Editorial Board shares its opinion about twenty-six boutique jails that are found in the Los Angeles area. These jail cells can be bought out for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars for people who can afford them. Boutique jails have more comfortable living situations and are more lenient to the inmates rather than a county jail would be. In this article, the authors share their opinion about how they believe this kind of incarceration method for the ones who can afford it is unequal and not fair to those who must spend their sentences inside the Los Angeles Country jails, who may have committed the same crime but don’t have enough money to pay for a boutique jail. I also agree with this opinion. Committing a crime is not something that should be taken lightly. Even if you have money to buy one of these jail cells, the convict should spend time in a normal jail cell just like every convict before them. This type of stratification within the incarceration community is one prime example of just how social inequality affects not only where and how people can spend time in jail, but how it has affected our country, as well. You can read the full story here.