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Cole County in Jefferson City, Mo., charged $30 a night for anyone who volunteered to go behind bars on Friday or Saturday night so officials could give the new jail a test run before it opened for real this week, Reuters reports.

People from three states spent the night at the jail, including some lawyers and a couple celebrating their first anniversary. They were told to give up their jewelry, cell phones and other personal belongings.

They were booked and photographed and led into the jail cells. Bed was a steel bunk with a thin mattress. Overhead, a 40-watt bulb stayed lit through the night in each cell.

How about the food? Dinner Friday night included cheesy pasta with turkey bits and coffee cake.

There were small rewards for staying in the jail. Each guest got their booking photo as a souvenir and a T-shirt touting their night in the slammer. （點擊路透社網站查看原文）

獵奇者花錢夜宿監獄

???????據路透社報道，密蘇里州杰斐遜城科爾縣的一座新監獄下周將正式投入使用。為了進行試運轉，該縣號召志愿者在周五或周六晚上留宿獄中，每人每晚交30美元。

???????共有三個州的人來監獄過夜，其中包括一些律師和一對慶祝結婚一周年的夫婦。他們被告知不得帶著珠寶﹑手機以及其它私人物品入獄。

???????登記拍照后，他們就被領進了牢房。牢房中有一張鐵床，床上鋪著薄薄的床墊，頭頂上則是一盞徹夜長明的40瓦燈泡。

???????吃的呢？據說，周五的晚餐有劣質的火雞肉渣面和咖啡蛋糕。

???????當然，這些住監獄的人也得到了一些小獎勵——每位“房客”都可以領到自己的登記照以及一件可以拿來炫耀其監獄之夜的T恤衫作紀念。

(China.org.cn July 21, 2011)