Comments on: Out-of-state prison costs soar https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Will https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/#comment-126 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:04:30 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=1380#comment-126 I have never stole from a store, robbed a person, vandalized property, touched a child inappropriately, killed anybody, etc. As a matter of fact I am 30 now & I have had a job since I was 17 years old (minus incarcerated years), I pay my taxes, & I have a bachelors degree from a Cal State school. Because the state says I cant do drugs I recently did my first prison term. During that time I developed a staph infection. I had never had one my entire life. I put requests in for 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS for a doctor to see me to no avail. As a matter of fact the only reason why I was able to finally see a nurse was because my cell was unlocked for my celly to get his medicine. Well the nurse that saw my infection immediately sent me to the prison doctor. Within 15 minutes of seeing the prison’s doctor paperwork was being prepared for me to go to a hospital out of the prison in Bakersfield. There I was immediately placed on IV antibiotics and kept there for 13 days. The (real) doctor said that I was about 1 more day from actually losing my leg. When I was finally taken back to the prison I asked why they never responded to my medical requests. I was told that there were other inmates with more urgent medical conditions and that there is just not enough time to see everybody. Really? Was losing my leg not that urgent?
The bottom line is there really is a crisis going on in California prisons, too many to list here, but the health care issue is one of the biggest in my opinion. There is just not enough doctors for the amount of inmates. One single doctor on duty for a prison of over 5000 inmates? Really? Inmates were in pretty harsh conditions.
I dont know where I’m going with this rant. I definitely take offense to those who are ignorant to prisoners needs and just say things like “lock ’em up and loose the key” or other b.s. like that. Who are you to judge me? I hope that my story here changes some peoples perspective on inmates and we’re not all like the level 4 killers that are glamorized on shows like N.B.C.’s “Lockup”. If I lived in other countries I wouldn’t even have a misdemeanor crime on my record. I could go on forever about this.
Thank you for letting me share.

]]> By: Phil https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/#comment-125 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:56:37 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=1380#comment-125 THEY NEED THE BARE ESSENTIALS?

WAKE UP SWEETIE MOST OF US IN THE REAL WORLD DONT HAVE HEALTHCARE!

]]> By: kryssy https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/#comment-124 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:18:32 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=1380#comment-124 i agree with sherrie. its mistakes they made and got caught. not everyone in prison is a murderer or rapist etc. no one knows the circumstances therefore “sending them away and abolishing resources like health care etc for them” is cruel. i believe in justice but who are we to deprive them no matter what they have done

]]> By: SHERRIE https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/#comment-123 Thu, 27 May 2010 15:49:06 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=1380#comment-123 EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PRISONERS THEY ARE STILL HUMAN BEINGS AND NEED THE BASIC ESSENTIALS , LIKE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND SOME FORM OF RECREATION, I HOPE THE PERSON WHO SUGGEST THESE THINGS BE TERMINATED, NEVER HAS TO GO TO PRISON GET ILL AND NEED A DR. SOME PEOPLE MAKE STUPID MISTAKES WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG , REGRETTING THEM NOW AS THEY GROW OLDER.

]]> By: koa2341 https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/#comment-122 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:33:45 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=1380#comment-122 Rather than foreign aid, why not just send them to Pakistan or some like place and pay them to take care of this problem

]]> By: Peyton Farquhar https://calwatchdog.com/2010/01/26/new-out-of-state-prison-costs-soar/#comment-121 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:04:35 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=1380#comment-121 Remove health care, gold plated education, and recreation from these criminals. They live better than people who have jobs. In fact, let’s abolish prison for low level offenders and enforce a *real* punishment…make them work at a minimum wage paying job and try to live and pay taxes with the wages.

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