I wouldn't go there, then.

The do-gooders are all upset about our poor Texas prison inmates. In the summertime, the felons don't have air conditioning. But the pigs they raise in the pig-farming program have six climate-controlled barns.

"TDCJ has literally made the decision that protecting its bacon is more important than protecting human lives," said Scott Medlock, an Austin civil rights attorney.

I disagree, Scott. Those inmates weren't picked up at random and dropped into that prison. They were sent there to "protect human lives" from their criminal activity. They deserve to be where they are. The pigs, on the other hand, haven't done anything wrong.

At least one-third of Texas prisoners have served previous sentences in the penal system. If the prison is all that bad, I think I'd do whatever was necessary to stay out and enjoy my a/c.

"Prisons cool swine while inmates swelter." The Dallas Morning News; August 18, 2013; p. 2A.