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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYes, because the tap water in their cells often isn’t fit to drink.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe tap water in many US towns isn’t fit to drink, let alone prisons.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoProbably rusty pipes most of the time.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago@samus12345 @astral_avocado The article says that in some prisons there’s a pronounced smell of sewage coming from the tap water.
minus-squarethepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoRust in pipes is harmless. All it’ll do is maybe give you a bit more iron.
Prisoners are being charged for water?
Yes, because the tap water in their cells often isn’t fit to drink.
What, how???
The tap water in many US towns isn’t fit to drink, let alone prisons.
Probably rusty pipes most of the time.
@samus12345 @astral_avocado
The article says that in some prisons there’s a pronounced smell of sewage coming from the tap water.
Rust in pipes is harmless. All it’ll do is maybe give you a bit more iron.