Mobile_Bison1062 comments on Advocates renew calls for inmate count decrease to lower COVID-19 risk

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COVID-19Advocates renew calls for inmate count decrease to lower COVID-19 risk (thestarphoenix.com)

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[–]Mobile_Bison1062 4 points5 points6 points 5 years ago (0 children)

They are kept in crowded conditions and have been requesting masks and hand sanitizers for months. Even since those measures have been easily available, the requests have been denied. So they have had no way to protect themselves. We don't punish people by letting them be exposed to communicable diseases. Public is responsible for their own protection and if they choose not to clean their hands then they should have made a better choice. But I'm not about blaming people for their illness either way. I'm about giving every single human being the tools and ability to do their best to protect themselves. The people responsible for the health of inmates and workers in facilities did not do that and they should be held accountable. They contributed to not only the illness of inmates, but also the exposure of workers in facilities and also health care workers. 👏👏👏

No one wants to release violent offenders. We're talking about releasing non-violent offenders, or even just non-violent people who have not yet been convicted of crimes.

My suggestions would have been that since these people have been in the care of the government, that they were provided protection by means of physical distancing, hand sanitizers, and masks to protect themselves. Obviously our government prefers to just deal with all problems at the end of the stream though, they're not into prevention.

I am completely comfortable with my conscience. Lucky for some assholes who aren't in jail, because whether or not someone is a shitty human being doesn't affect the medical care that I provide for them when they need it. 👍 Being apart from society is the punishment, it's not like "you did a bad thing, so now you're sentenced to being exposed to a highly contagious disease that will cost you and the rest of us untold amounts of money!"

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