What do you think the city should do in regards to a new jail?

You could be locking FAR more than 132 people at a time. C'mon - put your mind to it.

Schools not jails.

cheaper and smarter to scale back the War On Drugs

Build a brand new school and convert the old, disused school building into a jail.

Is this some kind of SimCity thing?

SEND ALL THE CONVICTS TO AUSTRALIA obv

drugs not jails.

Fuck the jail! Let's just have us a lynchin'.

(courtesy the schef)

The problem with a new school is that there aren't really enough school age children to justify a new school, especially with people moving away.

It could be a good thing for this community to have the jobs it would create and the money it would keep here. But I also can see the downsides about security issues in bringing in prisoners from other counties and becoming reliant on a jail to keep out great city afloat

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Power plant at 95% capacity!!! Order a new power plant!!

*raise taxes* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo

Maybe this is a real city we're talking about here and Cherry Blossom is the mayor who suggested asking the intertubes for halp

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A more important issue might be "how do we get people to care more about local issues which affect all of us in the city?"

I think one thing is to more education

float a bond to build another school and a museum

My city has a jail that has been sitting empty since its completion six years ago.

Is this some kind of SimCity thing?

― Trayce, Thursday, June 26, 2008

...I just came here to say something like this only to find I already did.

I'm so predictable ;_;

The city of Glasgow, Montana was facing a question about what to do in regards to a new jail. In an area facing population loss its probably not a uncommon question

nothing to add, except that it's sad that some towns DO look to jails as a source of jobs.