tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813489507942316135.post4192335967104874211..comments2023-05-30T07:01:31.537-05:00Comments on Leave the lights on: Right to health care: Prisons and jailsGinkgo100http://www.blogger.com/profile/01871889955884253147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813489507942316135.post-50231902521011458412008-05-15T13:36:00.000-05:002008-05-15T13:36:00.000-05:00My SIL is in prison. The inmates are charged for ...My SIL is in prison. The inmates are charged for going to the doc (who is bottom-of-the-barrel - what doc would work there unless they HAD to?)<BR/><BR/>She is charged $5 for a visit, and $3 for each prescription, which doesn't sound like much until you know that they are paid 20-38 cents per hour for the work they do (laundry, cooking, jail-related tasks). They also have to purchase any "extras" such as envelopes, paper, stamps, soap, shampoo, etc. at going market rates.<BR/><BR/>Are there "Club Med" jails? Yes. But most aren't like that. I think that inmates have the same right to life as anyone else - and that includes very basic healthcare. <BR/><BR/>The fifth commandment - Thou shalt not kill - also encompasses the care of our body, the temple of the Holy Spirit. We cannot refuse "reasonable" care, in most circumstances. <BR/><BR/>The real debate is, what is reasonable care? And, if it is our inalienable right, does that mean the government has to provide healthcare, or simply ensure unencumbered access to it?Milehimama @ Mama Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04755353355022539817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813489507942316135.post-79891156386071074472008-05-15T12:19:00.000-05:002008-05-15T12:19:00.000-05:00I don't think that they should be given health car...I don't think that they should be given health care if they don't need it. If someone was in dire need of medical care,then i suppose that would be fine. But i don't think they need some of the things they are given in jail(I know this is a whole another case).<BR/><BR/>Since when has jail become a resort? I thought it was to make them pay for what they did,not to get free medical help.Sarah Peelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689284905798635144noreply@blogger.com