Thursday, February 22, 2007
Blind Eye
Last week I was reading an article in the paper where they are trying to make it mandatory for people leaving prison to have to go through disease screenings, just as they do when they come into prison. The thing that kills me is that some legislators were asking why do screening when someone leaves prison because how could they possibly get a sexually transmitted disease in prison. The person asked responded that he couldn't comment but did say that sexual activity and rapes aren't a major problem in Arkansas prison. Bull. How dumb first off is someone to ask the question about how does a person get an STD in prison. Has this person never watched OZ or any prison movies. Come on. And then a legislator asked that if a person came into the prison with a clean health record and was tested by the prison system upon exit and was dirty, could the person have a lawsuit. My answer is it is a case by case deal but if someone got AIDS from being raped in prison and tried to seek help from jailers and they turned a blind eye, then a person deserves to get paid. Also, that is one of the main things that people fear about jail is rape. Then, what gets me is the legislator that wanted to know about the lawsuits must be more concerned with the prison system's image that the health of the public that the convict is reentering. To clear up any misconception, let some of these people have to spend a week in jail and then we'll see if they're a little more attentive to prison needs.
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