My father was granted release on parole today, after more than 40 years in prison! 

conditions they are being subjected to. The prison is outdated and falling apart around them, their cells are flooded with water from the pipes leaking, there is toxic mold growing in most of the cells and let's not forget about the deceased inmate that the guards just allowed to
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stay in the cell for several days until the guards finally decided to do something about it. Yes they may be inmates and that is their punishment but they are still human beings and shouldn't be punished even further than incarceration by being subjected to deplorable living
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conditions, abusive treatment by the guards, no programs to better themselves, food that is literally marked " Not for human consumption", and an unsafe environment to live in. Why are we putting violent offenders in with non violent offenders. All the prisons we have across the
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Sounds like many public schools in the US. While prisoners should be treated humanely, as we have limited resources, I'm going to favor kids over crooks.
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We do not have limited resources when the prison industry is a billion dollar business. All of the contracts that prisons have with outside companies to produce whatever product they are contracted to produce and it is only costing the prison a dollar and some change per prisoner
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