Locked up in luxury: inmates paying for less painful prison stays (VIDEO)

Prison doesn't have to be a pain — just ask around inside the facilities across California, where reportedly prisoners can pay upwards of $175 per night for extra comfy accommodations.

Is this the norm elsewhere?

RT's Margaret Howell examines the 'pay-to-stay' trend impacting the US prison complex as she reports from the Arlington County Detention Facility in Northern Virginia.