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I drive on I-5 in California, and the exit signs posts if there is a jail, state mental hospital, prison, detention center at that particular off ramp. Is there a policy where this is required? Why are incarceration centers posted on freeway exits?

edit: Can you please cite a policy that requires these detention centers to be posted? Is it a federal policy or a California State policy?

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 29 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

So you won't pick up escapees hitchhiking.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

I've seen some prisons with warnings that say "don't pick up hitchhikers; may be prisoners" but not at most of the places with the freeway sign. Also they note detention centers. I think there must be some policy that mandates the sign.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This is the correct answer.

You'll also notice many signs warning you of picking up hitchhikers in the same area.

[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The typically white-on-green signs shown near US interstate exits are navigational aids, not public safety messages.

If the local prison is on the exit, it's just the single most notable landmark.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

yup, lot of these prisons are placed in the middle of fucking nowhere as a form of economic kickback essentially.

local economy is non-existent so throw down a prison and bam, you got a bunch of cheap stupid employees and free slave labor for the local barons that run the county.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Are you a bot, or do you just think everyone is absolutely fucking atupid? 😂 😂

This is what I'm talking about.

[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not a bot, just a guy whose been on the internet for years. Which means that, yes, I presume some people are ignorant of facts. (And that others are fucking stupid.)

@OP posted about "exit signs", which is not what your sign shows. Which is why I described the ones I did.

Why did you assume that the black-on-white public safety signs like what you posted were what they meant by "exit sign"?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You responded to MY comment though. Not OP