Across the Nation inmates are being treated poorly, and unfortunately, too many of these people are ending up with an obituary. Harsh treatment, unnecessary methods to try and handle (alleged) unruly inmates, denying medication and or medical care has become all too common. Recently, the treatment an Oklahoma inmate received in 2015, who passed away in his cell after being mocked by jail staff, hit the media. He was in pain but they left him. They left him to die, and for what, a news headline that reads, “Jail staff mocked a sick man and denied care as he begged for help, video shows. Days later, he was dead.”
There are people who have made/make poor choices which results in their mugshot being plastered for all to see. But not all those that commit crimes, or have charges filed against them are bad people. No one, regardless of age or crime, ethnicity or disability, deserves to die in such a manner described above. Especially when it could’ve been prevented.