For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail

"It seems to be a little unfair", said Mike Jackson [...]
"Two people come in, have the same offense, and the guy who has money gets to pay and the other doesn't not. The system is supposed to be equitalbe."
But cities say that the paying inmates generate cash, often hundreds of thousands of dollars a year"

New York Times, supp. du Monde du 5 mai 07