Does Michigan Treat Inmates Better Than School Children?

Michigan should treat its schoolchildren as well as it treats its prisoners, says Nathan Bootz, the Ithaca schools superintendent.

Bootz makes the suggestion in a letter to Gov. Rick Snyder that’s getting lots of attention on the Internet. Here’s an excerpt from the letter:

“Consider the life of a Michigan prisoner. They get three square meals a day. Access to free health care. Internet. Cable television. Access to a library. A weight room. Computer lab. They can earn a degree. A roof over their heads. Clothing. Everything we just listed we do not provide to our school children,” Bootz’s letter reads...

www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/05/julie_mack_column_does_michiga.html