the Horrors of prison life
Most of the authors who argue against capital punishment say that it is
barbaric and cruel to put a person to death as punishment for their crimes, but in reality what would be crueler death or life in prison?
out and escape the fate of spending the rest of their days behind bars. These extreme conditions of prison life are what transform people. Non-violent offenders who are sentenced to prison have a tendency to become more violent during the time of their sentence. It is a matter of survival, life or death. In prison if one is not seen as a possible threat, they
are considered prey. You have to be able to fend for yourself in order to survive.
Death in itself can be a frightful entity for the average person to accept, however
to a convicted killer it could provide them with an ultimatum.
barbaric and cruel to put a person to death as punishment for their crimes, but in reality what would be crueler death or life in prison?
- Spending decades upon decades in
a cell rotting away living in a concrete hell. - Surrounded by rape, murder, and corruption
- Driven insane by your own loneliness to the point where you look forward to death.
- Locked up with the most violen criminals our society has to offer
out and escape the fate of spending the rest of their days behind bars. These extreme conditions of prison life are what transform people. Non-violent offenders who are sentenced to prison have a tendency to become more violent during the time of their sentence. It is a matter of survival, life or death. In prison if one is not seen as a possible threat, they
are considered prey. You have to be able to fend for yourself in order to survive.
Death in itself can be a frightful entity for the average person to accept, however
to a convicted killer it could provide them with an ultimatum.