KS Prison Limits Inmates to 4 Rolls of Toilet Paper /Mo

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	KS Prison Limits Inmates to 4 Rolls of Toilet Paper /Mo

dorine

5-2-2007 9:47 AM

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Cruel and unusual punishment.

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5-2-2007 9:59 AM

clipette

One side effect of the policy could be that toilet paper will become a new form of currency among inmates.

crazy.

5-2-2007 10:25 AM

Hawkeye_84

Oh thank God. I'm going to sleep better tonight knowing this rule will now be enforced.

5-2-2007 10:34 AM

bignosemousie

Guess they better use the Sheryl Crow method of wiping.

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