Quote Originally Posted by sevenhalo
I can already hear the arguements. "Some prisons have courtyards" and "they're prisoners, why should we care about their comfort or health?"

A) Different prisons have different security levels. The one mendhak mentioned is probably for tax evading and insider trading.
B) We're in a new era where a criminal can break into your house, hurt himself, and then file suit against you. Prisoners have lawyers working around the clock for any reason to let them out. Keeping a standard up is crucial to keeping them captive.
I'm not arguing about court-yards. And running tracks are ok too, and they shouldn't be expensive to make, it shouldn't cost more to make than a weight lifting gym since most prisons are built in the middle of no-where so land should be cheap.

I'm just saying weight-lifting rooms is stupid. You don't want a violent person building muscle mass.

Only rich prisoners have lawyers working around the clock, and most prisoners are not rich.