Incarceration In Prison

Implementing charges for inmate medical services negatively affects prisoners by, limiting inmate finances for basic needs, deterring inmates from seeking treatment, and inviting another avenue for segregation within prison walls.
The implemented charge for medical services would significantly limit the funding prisoners have for basic needs. Once imprisoned, a civilian no longer has the access to the luxuries of the free world. The civilian becomes an inmate. They are stripped of identity, secular relevance, and financial status. Inmates are processed into incarceration, and enter the prison system with basic clothing, toiletries, and a bed. In order to survive and maintain civility, many inmates participate in bartering commissary. Bartering in the prison system marketplace is frowned upon by officials, but is inevitable, as the prison system has …show more content…
There are segregations surrounding religion, nature of crime, race, sexual orientation, and gang affiliation. Exposing financial stature by charging for medical care could also add to the negative social separations that already occur. An inmate who is deemed to be sickly all of the time may be isolated and treated as a leper. Regardless of race, sexual orientation, and gang affiliation, inmates generally always ostracize those who seem poor or ill. The seemingly healthy population all reside together, using the same restroom, shower, and discouraging use of certain areas for those who are ill. The prison “lepers” would likely be bullied to the point of not being able to use a restroom, maintain hygiene, or sit in general population areas. The new health status segregation, like all divisions, could lead to increase in negative behavior and fighting. Furthermore, the inmates who lack the funding for medical services not only face the possibility of worsened health conditions, they could also face dangerous social