PUBLICSOURCE: In Pennsylvania, one in 10 inmates is sentenced to life in prison. Because state law gives them no possibility of parole, nearly all of more than 5,300 inmates serving life terms will eventually die inside prison walls.
“They have no choice but to age and die in place,” said Julia Hall, a criminal justice professor and gerontologist at Drexel University.
In the Laurel Highlands prison, seven rooms are the final stop for some of the state’s sickest and oldest inmates. With breathing tubes and IVs, the mostly gray-haired inmates wait for their bodies to fail… (more)
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment!
I had a relative die over the summer (not a convict or prisoner) and she had to starve to death under heavy sedation due to the laws of our “compassionate” society. We treat our pets with more dignity and compassion in America than our fellow humans.
I guess the bottom line is commit your murders and rapes outside of Pennsylvania unless you want a dismal end to suffer a long and torturous death.