Enjoy your stay

I've never been in jail, but if movies and television have taught me anything, it's not a very friendly place. And while this walk-a-mile-in-their-shoes thing sounds like a nice gesture, something tells me it might not end well:

Sheriff Mark Curran of Lake County, Illinois, walked into his own jail on Wednesday to spend a week as a prisoner, saying he was divinely inspired to learn what it was like to be confined and to sample jail programs designed to reduce recidivism.

"The biblical adage that we reap what we sow is very true in criminal justice," said Curran, 45, before exchanging his business suit for a prison jumpsuit at the Waukegan, Illinois, facility near Chicago.

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Curran will spend time in the general population of some 600 inmates who are awaiting trial on charges of murder, rape and lesser crimes, though at times he will have his own cell.

Um, is he going to be wearing a disguise or something? Because those murderers and rapists probably aren't inclined to be very friendly toward law enforcement figures.