On 5/29/2021 9:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2021 06:20:30 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
>> Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> You could read the news online rather than watching it on TV.
>>>>
>>>> No Shit!?!?
>>>>
>>>> I don't read or watch the news unless I'm in it.
>>>
>>>
>>> They run the news shows at the county jail?
>>
>> Not county jails...Texas State prisons.
>
> They have TV's at all the County Jails and in the prisons
> nationwide,m just not in holding cells and such.
>
> They're usually tuned to the 24-Hour Jerry Springer Channel or
> Univision. Some prisons allow you to have your own TV's in the
> cell, but that's usually Level 3+ prisons and you're limited to OTA
> channels (yeah, you don't have digital cable and streaming smart
> TV's). And many of the prison are out in Podunk (not just in
> Texas), so reception kinda sucks.
>
> The communal TV's are usually hooked up to some central antenna amp
> and generally get better OTA reception, but still no cable TV - You
> can't have 50-200 inmates per TV and 200+ channels to choose from.
> Yeah, uh, no.
>
> -sw
>

you sure seem to know a lot about this.