Also, prisoners get little care in prison (bad food, little health care, etc.) The food is really bad, but they have no choice but to eat it. Some get medical help, but most of the time not as fast as they need it. "How much of a security risk could a terminally ill, physically weak 65-year-old man really pose?" (Allison and Hattenstone 2013). Michael Tyrrell, 65, was sentenced to 29 years in prison for drug smuggling. He served 13 years because he passed away from throat cancer. Even when he was sick and barely capable to move, a prison guard was there and he was handcuffed and chained to the guard. Michael is one out of many prisoners who do not get the care and treatment they deserve. No matter how old you are or how sick you are, you get no sympathy in prison and
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Prisoners lose years away from family and friends. Many prisoners lose the irreplaceable events and special moments that happened in their family’s lives. Whether it is watching their child walk their first footsteps, to attending a family reunion, each person deserves to feel loved, even the people inside the prison. It is sad that prisoners, especially the wrongfully convicted ones, can sit in prison knowing they cannot do much to help out their family and friends or see them as much. “There are now an estimated 10 million American children who have had a parent in prison, on parole or under some kind of probationary supervision” (Walshe 2012). Ever since people started to get a large amount of years for drug charges, the incarnated has increased. Many people locked away from everything for so long. Prisoners get charged a lot of years for doing little things. They lose so many moments, events and quality times with their families. It is not healthy for a child to know that their parent is locked up and would not be able to see them, or be with them for a
Prisoners lose years away from family and friends. Many prisoners lose the irreplaceable events and special moments that happened in their family’s lives. Whether it is watching their child walk their first footsteps, to attending a family reunion, each person deserves to feel loved, even the people inside the prison. It is sad that prisoners, especially the wrongfully convicted ones, can sit in prison knowing they cannot do much to help out their family and friends or see them as much. “There are now an estimated 10 million American children who have had a parent in prison, on parole or under some kind of probationary supervision” (Walshe 2012). Ever since people started to get a large amount of years for drug charges, the incarnated has increased. Many people locked away from everything for so long. Prisoners get charged a lot of years for doing little things. They lose so many moments, events and quality times with their families. It is not healthy for a child to know that their parent is locked up and would not be able to see them, or be with them for a