tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8610590084979427019..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Hays County 'moveable jail' looking to settle downGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71181671824441181092012-03-31T14:11:26.907-05:002012-03-31T14:11:26.907-05:00Thanks for linking to our story. Be sure to check ...Thanks for linking to our story. Be sure to check out the more thorough (and much more interesting) article about the old jail after we post it Monday morning.<br /><br />According to historical accounts, the city of Kyle stopped using its little wooden jail after "going dry" -- the lockup was no longer needed with no more drunks stumbling through town.<br /><br />- Wes Ferguson, editorWes Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999540328153922508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60376766841981158062012-03-28T15:24:47.680-05:002012-03-28T15:24:47.680-05:00There's a preservation group for everything. ...There's a preservation group for everything. I used to have a book called "Nature Calls". There is a<br />group for the preservation of outhouses! <br /><br />I'm not surprised that it's saved for education. That's what was done with the prison ship...turned it into a museum. <br /><br />Now, is Texana village one of those "re-enactment" villages? What is San Marcos?<br /><br />--Lava--Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69058472448334197212012-03-26T15:56:44.303-05:002012-03-26T15:56:44.303-05:00"A moveable jail ... who'da thunk?"
..."A moveable jail ... who'da thunk?"<br /><br />The fine lovable corrections officers who thought up "diesel therapy" which I believe may have contributed to Irwin Schiff* having a toe amputated. Another source said it was from having the wrong size boot.<br /><br />*The income tax activist, the only author in America currently prohibited from selling his book (The Federal Mafia) or speaking in public about the tax laws. If you have a taste for the IRC his book is most interesting and his argument (technically there is no income tax on wages) is most interestingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6551587063766013862012-03-26T13:08:13.007-05:002012-03-26T13:08:13.007-05:00Maybe the portable jail was so they could stay one...Maybe the portable jail was so they could stay one step ahead of the Safety inspectors?diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80190828815905815792012-03-24T22:02:13.486-05:002012-03-24T22:02:13.486-05:00For the maritime version, check out Wiki's ent...For the maritime version, check out Wiki's entry on "Prison Ship". New York City reportedly has a prison barge as an adjunct to Rikers Island. Some interestig marine correctional history. Brits were infamous for their prison hulks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90001668983826710192012-03-24T10:23:24.766-05:002012-03-24T10:23:24.766-05:00Im thinkin space ships full of convicts sent to ot...Im thinkin space ships full of convicts sent to other planets, it worked in Austrailia didnt it?/The Homeless Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004267716709384953noreply@blogger.com