Huffpost Denver  Centennial Correctional Facility Inmates
Upgrade Their Prison Cells With High-Tech Gear  Posted: Updated:
Inmates at the Centennial Correctional Facility in Canon City
just upgraded all 948 of their prison cells with some high-tech
entertainment gear -- using only the money collected from
inmates' purchases of candy bars, hygiene products and over-the-
counter medicines, The Denver post reports.  Surprisingly, not a
single taxpayer dollar was spent on the installation, but how is
it possible?  According to KRDO, the money came from what is
called a "canteen fund," and by law that fund can only be used
to benefit inmates. KRDO does the math: 22,500 inmates, each
spending $2 a day on items like candy and shampoo equals around
$3 million dollars at the end of the year. The Centennial
facility is the first in the country with this $2.5 million
dollars worth of technology in the prison cells.  Each cell got
a high-tech kiosk installed that includes a computer with a
20-inch monitor, fast processor