EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

[(JordanA.)] · Senior Member

Prision system..what a joke..

geriatric1991 · Senior Member

yes i think so. prison conditions should keep the prisoners healthy enough to survive without pain or health problems.

-- Edited by geriatric1991 on Wednesday 20th of May 2009 06:39:30 PM

Bonemail-(Christophe K) · Senior Member

[(JordanA.)] wrote:

LEAD STORY
WEEK OF MAY 17, 2009
Convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, now serving a life sentence in the Florence, Colo., "Supermax" prison, filed a 39-page federal lawsuit in March alleging unconstitutional "cruel and unusual punishment" because the refined-food, low-fiber meals give him "chronic constipation (and) bleeding hemorrhoids." He demanded fresh raw vegetables and other high-fiber foods, necessary to "keep one's body (i.e., God's holy temple) in good health." Nichols was joined in the lawsuit by fellow Supermax resident Eric Rudolph (the convicted abortion-clinic and Atlanta Olympics bomber), who claimed "gas and stomach cramps" and observed that "our bodies" are "sacred and should be treated as such." [KMGH-TV (Denver), 3-29-09]

Ok, so should prisions have to treat their inmates well? More over, Should we have to pay taxes to keep these people healthy?

They are still human beings so a decent meal should be provided but that said I think they are fine as is. They should have been sentenced to death anyways but now they are just causing trouble.

Luis777 · Senior Member

wellits hard because everyone should have the right to health care but i dont think its right for us to pay taxes to help out prisoners who just caused problems in our society

jacobcorbin · Senior Member

Yea, chris and jaymie are right, they do deserve some sort of mid quality food. But also, i dont think this is cuttuing their life span, so they should just leave it alone. If this goes through, they might start demanding room service.