May 2009 Golden Fleece Winner

That’s right, the Oregon Department of Corrections spent $773,000 on free soda pop for prisoners. While Oregon schools are cutting days, murderers, rapists and other violent criminals are enjoying the Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew thanks to your tax dollars.

Department of Corrections Chief Max Williams claims that food like soda pop is an important tool for managing prisoners. Perhaps if the prisoners weren’t hopped up on sugar from the free soda pop they are getting, there wouldn’t be a management problem.

“So sit back and ‘Have a COKE and a Smile’, just like like criminals in Oregon.

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