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ID  It doesn't have to be too expensive. Arizona has prisoners
living in tents. There are a lot of very isolated places in Utah
where a lot of tents could be put up.  2 bits Cottonwood
Heights, UT  The weather along the Wasatch Front is not very
conducive to a tent prison like they have in Arizona. Minimal
expense in housing inmates is a good idea and a worthy goal, but
when we get many months of snow and sub-zero temperatures... it
wouldn't work.  If you have to have an indoor facility you can
move inmates to when temps are consistently below freezing for
weeks... it's not really a good idea. It would not only be
uncomfortable, spending all winter in a tent could be life
threatening for even a healthy person.  The slow approach is
probably a good thing. But people need to start getting used to
the idea that the pris