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Originally posted by texas*princess
The 'special priviliages discussed on the show varied from small things like candy bars, sodas, and tv watching time to bigger things like being able to earn college credits, to even bigger things.
One example of the "bigger things" that Mr. Walsh talked about was an example of a man in the state of Illinois who murdered 7 nurses. While he was in prison, he decided he wanted a sex change, and the state of Illinois paid for his breast implants.
The same man also made the comment that his life in prison was way better than it was on the 'outside'.
For me personally, I could see both sides - on one hand, you have a human being in prison, so it's only right to treat them like a human being so I wouldn't think small things would hurt.. but on the other hand, some of these inmates are recieving much bigger things like college education for free while we have to pay for ours.
I guess there's two sides to every story. But I do really feel bad for the families of the victims that were on the show. I normally don't watch these types of shows, but since it was on and I had nothing better to do I figured why not 
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You're talking about Richard Speck who murdered eight young student nurses in Chicago. Speck died in prison in the 1990's from a heart attack. After his death, videotapes were found of him using drugs, showing off his breasts, and having sex. He said of his time in Statesville Prison, "If they knew how much fun I was having in here, they would turn me loose." There was a national call for prison reform at the time.