The lap of luxury

Man, something is really wrong with the world when this guy is living better than I am in a third world hoosegow:

With a plasma TV, a DVD player, $172,000 in cash, gym equipment, two refrigerators and a couple of guns, Genilson Lino da Silva had everything he needed for a luxurious life -- in his Brazilian prison cell.

It came to an end on Monday when his cell, which also contained a king-sized bed, was raided in a police operation against drug traffickers in the northern city of Salvador.

"He was alone in all that comfort. It wasn't very big but the other cells had several prisoners in them," a spokesman for Bahian state authorities said on Tuesday.

Officials said Da Silva, also known by his nickname "Leg," was serving time as the biggest drug trafficker in Bahia state. He was reported as saying the money in his cell was from old robberies and gambling in prison.

"We will investigate if the leaders of the prison were conniving in this," Paulo Gomes, a state prosecutor, told reporters.

You have to investigate? The dude had close to two hundred grand an a couple of guns in his fucking prison cell. There might just be something fishy going on in that prison, Paulo. Maybe.

You know what else might indicate that the officials there might be a wee bit crooked? Maybe the fact that outside cops had to raid the guy's fucking prison cell.