The kind of prison situation in my part of the world is what genuinely defines what a prison should be, not the type that people are longing to be in in the developed countries. Till today, I still frown at the policies of developed countries on how they handle prisons... Although the economic system is very perfect in those countries, so there's no cause for alarm.
Some time ago, there was a trend in Nigeria admiring the prison systems in the developed world, and a lot of people jokingly said they wouldn't mind committing a crime just to be imprisoned in such a good and smooth system because people in prisons in those countries are living much better than free citizens in Nigeria.
That aside, isn't it concerning that prisoners enjoy free medical care while citizens pay for it?
Even in Nigeria, where the prison system is very bad, inmates enjoy free medical services while citizens pay for them, and it becomes a bigger concern when a lot of people who can't afford to pay for medical services end up facing death. And the big, bitter truth is that the money raised from citizens through taxation is what is used to cater to the prisoners. It doesn't just sit well at all.
If one talks about it and puts up the argument, the other side of the situation always comes in, which is, "If you're complaining about how the system is, then commit a crime and get imprisoned to enjoy the free care." Weird, right? Lol 馃槀
As much as I don't like the scenes where humans are subjected to suffering and harsh physical maltreatment, I always want prisons to be designed in a way whereby the inmates, who actually committed the crimes they're jailed for, get to experience a "punishable" lifestyle in prison, such that it will make them never want to commit a crime again. I'm giving reference to physical beating and torture, like the way they treat crime suspects in order to make them confess their crimes or agree to what they're alleged to have done. I don't like that method at all. But I think prisoners should be allowed to experience some form of harshness, especially environmental harshness, and also be denied medical attention. Is that too harsh?
It just sounds somehow to think that people in prison get more privileges to enjoy life from the taxes citizens are paying, while the citizens don't get to enjoy up to 10% of those privileges. It just doesn't sit well.
It would be better if the prisoners were assigned to pay for those services before they get into prison or at the moment they're being discharged.
The craziest thing is that everyone is following the path of the developed countries, where their citizens effortlessly enjoy the services provided by the nation because the system in those countries is working fine, while the citizens of underdeveloped countries suffer, and those in prison enjoy those services more than they do. It sucks!
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