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Why should we provide medical services to prisoners?

I understand the human dignity argument.

But in all seriousness why?

If a prisoner on death row gets cancer, why not let the cancer kill him?

If a transgender (MtF) rapes a woman why not let the gender dysphoria serve as a punishment.

If a pregnant prisoner wants an abortion why not use the pregnancy as a punishment, why didn’t she get one before she committed a crime?

The only argument I understand is if prisons are supposed to be rehabilitative, & reincorporate prisoners back into society.

However, if prisons are supposed to be punitive as a method to de-incentivize crime then why not increase the maximum ethically available torture possible to make these people pay for their violation against civilization?

Just my thoughts, prisoners receive better ethical treatment than military people who become homeless due to mental health struggles, windows, or homeless people, sexual abuse survivors, etc.

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Ape Mithrandir 11mo ago

The punishment was decided by the courts and did not include what you described.

Jordan S 11mo ago

So, when, and how far do we medically intervene for prisoners then?

If Healthcare isn't a human right then how come we distribute it to prisoners instead of malnourished children in public schools?

Ape Mithrandir 11mo ago

It can be legislated for.

If we could defund the state, that would eliminate such questions.

In a smaller community without a large central government where the community would have to decide on expenditures from a finite pool of financial resources, these types of problems would be taken more seriously and each community would come up with different solutions or compromises depending on their resources and preferences.

There are no solutions only trade offs.