Should There Be Tanning Beds in Prison?

By Alison Caporimo, Allure magazine

In the olden days, being sent to prison was synonymous with never seeing the light of day...ever again. Well not anymore, thanks to the wonder of tanning beds! Sergei Telyatnikov, head of notorious Russian prison Butyrka, told a radio station that he will soon install tanning beds in the jail to improve the health of its inmates.

Related: German Ban On Indoor Tanning

The sunbeds, which Telyatnikov said would be used "for medical purposes," will be installed by the end of the year, the state-run RIA news agency said. And that's not all. Butyrka innates can expect spa facilities (such a mud baths) in the future. Now, it's worth noting that this prison has been home to a number of people who didn't deserve to be in jail in the first place, such as Soviet-era writers Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Isaak Babel. Still, with other stories in the news-like the Massachusetts transgender prisoner who was the recipient of makeup and electrolysis treatments for years-it seems like being bad never looked so good.

So what do you think? Do you think its a crime to give prisoners tanning beds, or other beauty treatments?

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