In the Great State of North Carolina, you get to pick up trash while in jail. Prison work crews pick up trash along the interstates, complete with shotgun armed guards, a port-a-potty on the back of a truck, and a big orange diamond shaped sign on a tripod "Prisoners at Work."

Pretty good idea, actually. The prisoners are those in minumum security work camps, and they start early and end early, before the heat sets in.

We also have an "Adopt a Highway" program, that tends to focus more on 2 lane state maintained roads.