The death penalty makes it so that criminals can escape the corporal punishment of sitting behind bars their whole life. In the book, Keep it Real: Life Lessons Criminal Consequences by Michael Bradshaw, he quotes an old timer from jail, “No matter who you are, or how much time you time you’ve done behind bars, doing time never gets easy. It’s a challenge to stay alert and out of trouble.” This quote from a prisoner demonstrates firsthand that being in jail isn’t all fun and games as it can be portrayed to be. In fact, some prisoners are driven to suicide as a better resort than prison. According to the Prisoners’ Justice Committee “The suicide rate in prison is more than twice as high as the rate amongst the general Canadian population”.
