[Jeffhs]

I agree. A prison sentence is not a vacation but a punishment for committing a crime, so a prison cell should not be decked out like a motel room with TV, etc.

I don't know if that set is color or not. I have seen only one make of digitally-tuned B&W TV. Zenith had a 12" portable in the late '70s-early 80s with random-access channel tuning via a ten-button keypad, if memory serves. That model was manufactured only for a short time (one or perhaps two model years), then quietly disappeared from Zenith's product line, never to be seen again (except on treelawns, curbs, at garage sales . . . ).

Another poster to this thread asked, "What's next? Xboxes? Microwave popcorn?" I hope not. That, IMO, is another thing prisoners do not need. The day prison cells are equipped with such things as Internet access, Xboxes, etc., if such a day ever comes (again, I certainly hope not), I will be wondering just what has happened to this country's prison system. If this is law enforcement's idea of punishment, something is definitely wrong with the system, and it must be corrected--pronto.