This is the correct answer.
You’ll also notice many signs warning you of picking up hitchhikers in the same area.
Comment on Why do Interstate highways exits post the nearby jail/prison/detention center?
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 23 hours ago
So you won’t pick up escapees hitchhiking.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
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 11 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 11 hours ago
Are you a boy, or you just think everyone is absolutely fucking atupid? 😂😂
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
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”?
robocall@lemmy.world 22 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.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Those signs just make me want to pick up hitchhikers even more!