Incarceration shortens life expectancy

[DannyTS]

For obvious reasons, I am posting this in the Covid section. Maybe those of you that have been travelling during Covid do not feel this way but a lot of people do feel they have been locked in one big prison because of all the Covid restrictions.

Incarceration shortens life expectancy

Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall ...

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[T-Dot-Traveller]

We have an exercise yard at our location.
Food has been pretty good
LOL

I am also concerned by those who wish not to allow visitor travel to & access to prisons.
The article you posted. specifically listed the various issues family members can have ,even though they
are not the incarcerated individual.

I am a little concerned about a local incarcerated gorilla , as this is leading to problematic behaviour ; including the inclination to jump on boxes. This could lead to local long term problems if required vaccine medication is not soon provided.

 

[DannyTS]

We have an exercise yard at our location.
Food has been pretty good
LOL

I am also concerned by those who wish not to allow visitor travel to & access to prisons.
The article you posted. specifically listed the various issues family members can have even though they
are not the incarcerated individual.

I am a little concerned about local incarcerated gorilla , as this is leading to problematic behaviour ; including the inclination to jump on boxes. This could lead to local long term problems if required vaccine medication is not soon provided.

do I sense the onset of a Stockholm syndrome?

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

do I sense the onset of a Stockholm syndrome?

- Sarcasm Syndrome *

* IMO - this is analogous to the pre-1990 Eastern European folk wisdom.
“ they pretend to pay us / we pretend to work” — hence the reference to boxes & 362.87 kilo gorillas.

 

[Patri]

Wow. It’s bad enough for those of us who have some ability to get out. What about those in assisted living/nursing homes? We keep them alive but alone, and they may die sooner anyway. Including my DH.

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

.... What about those in assisted living/nursing homes? We keep them alive but alone, and they may die sooner anyway. Including my DH.

Good reminder
and right now they are often confined to their rooms - with no mobility / exercise and often food that is cold by the time it is delivered. (according to what I have read)

 

[Brett]

We have an exercise yard at our location.
Food has been pretty good
LOL

I am also concerned by those who wish not to allow visitor travel to & access to prisons.
The article you posted. specifically listed the various issues family members can have ,even though they
are not the incarcerated individual.

I am a little concerned about a local incarcerated gorilla , as this is leading to problematic behaviour ; including the inclination to jump on boxes. This could lead to local long term problems if required vaccine medication is not soon provided.

Our prison yard includes a beach

 

[Cornell]

Wow. It’s bad enough for those of us who have some ability to get out. What about those in assisted living/nursing homes? We keep them alive but alone, and they may die sooner anyway. Including my DH.

I’m so sorry about your DH . I’m practically sick over what has transpired with my mom over the last year.

 

[gln60]

For obvious reasons, I am posting this in the Covid section. Maybe those of you that have been travelling during Covid do not feel this way but a lot of people do feel they have been locked in one big prison because of all the Covid restrictions.


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Incarceration shortens life expectancy

Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall ...

www.prisonpolicy.org

.

Good reason NOT to break the law and get locked up..

 

[Monykalyn]

Wow. It’s bad enough for those of us who have some ability to get out. What about those in assisted living/nursing homes? We keep them alive but alone, and they may die sooner anyway. Including my DH.

I’m so sorry about your DH . I’m practically sick over what has transpired with my mom over the last year.

I've been pretty vocal about this as well. I have witnessed firsthand resident's giving up. And many DO liken it to "prison". We USED to consider solitary confinement as a harsh "punishment" but apparently we can voluntarily do it to our elderly "for their own good" without their consent. For what it is worth-the staff at the places I work are just as sick about it as they also were not given a choice if they'd take the risk to continue to have family in...

 

[Cornell]

I've been pretty vocal about this as well. I have witnessed firsthand resident's giving up. And many DO liken it to "prison". We USED to consider solitary confinement as a harsh "punishment" but apparently we can voluntarily do it to our elderly "for their own good" without their consent. For what it is worth-the staff at the places I work are just as sick about it as they also were not given a choice if they'd take the risk to continue to have family in...

A LTC facility near me has completed their vaccinations, yet they have not loosened any of the resident restrictions . Why not ? It almost begs the question of what’s the point of the vaccines ? When is this crap going to end ? I thought vaccines were the goal ?

 

[Ken555]

A LTC facility near me has completed their vaccinations, yet they have not loosened any of the resident restrictions . Why not ? It almost begs the question of what’s the point of the vaccines ? When is this crap going to end ? I thought vaccines were the goal ?

Though you have asked these questions several times previously, it seems you are still confused re the practical implications of the vaccine and what it means for our daily lives. I respectively suggest that you research this issue yourself, since I believe we have previously answered these questions on TUG and yet you continue to ask them.


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[bbodb1]

Though you have asked these questions several times previously, it seems you are still confused re the practical implications of the vaccine and what it means for our daily lives. I respectively suggest that you research this issue yourself, since I believe we have previously answered these questions on TUG and yet you continue to ask them.


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Well, hello Mr. Pompous arse!

 

[Ken555]

Well, hello Mr. Pompous arse!

Rather than constrain yourself to the issue at hand, as I did, you insult me personally. I’m sorry to see that. You’re forgiven - don’t bother apologizing.


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[bbodb1]

Rather than constrain yourself to the issue at hand, as I did, you insult me personally. I’m sorry to see that. You’re forgiven - don’t bother apologizing.


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I feel confident I have addressed the issue at hand quite clearly.
Movin' on!

 

[Ken555]

I feel confident I have addressed the issue at hand quite clearly.
Movin' on!

I suppose when you have to resort to an ad hominem attack, it tells us all we need to know.


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[DannyTS]

@Ken555 Why don't you instead comment about the topic in discussion? Is the current situation due to Covid similar to a big prison and can this lead to lower life expectancy? You do not have to agree with this premise of course, opinions on all sides should be encouraged.

 

[Karen G]

I think we're done here.

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