John Walsh Show: Prisoner's Rights, should they have any?

[ilovemyglo]

See, I don't have sympathy for these people, except those that are wrongfully found guilty. But, we are humans and the system is not perfect- that being said..
If you are found guilty of a crime and sentenced to prison time I don't think you should get perks- except maybe books to read. If you can't read there should be tutors, but that is about it.

Pretty steep, I know, but if you CHOOSE to BREAK THE LAW and INJURE ANOTHER PERSON (or company), you have LOST THE RIGHT to those privilages that we law abiding citizens enjoy.
You VOLUNTARILY give up the right to have a candy bar and enjoy cable television because you broke the law. Maybe if we didn't baby inmates when they got out they would follow the law so that they don't go back to those places.
I am sorry that some people that are innocent end up in jail in conditions that they don't deserve, but that is a minority, I am sure, of the general prison population.

I get heated on this, so I think this should sum up my personal opinion-
THEY SHOULD GET THE BARE NECESSITIES BECAUSE THOSE A-HOLES GAVE UP THEIR RIGHTS WHEN THEY COMMITTED A CRIME- PERIOD!

I am ready to be flamed by this, but I know that this is the way I have always and will always feel. Why should I pay for some jack who raped/murdered/sold drugs to get a college degree, when mine had to be paid for by me and my parents! Because when/if he gets out he can do good in society- BULLSHIT! Eat my ass! I am not paying for you to free load while law abiding citizens don't get that right!
They get free health care, (also for their families), they get free meals, they get a bed at night, recreational activities, educational facilities. That is more than the poor in our country get, and I would hate to tell a single mother barely surviving that we won't pay for her medical bills, sending her into further debt, and we won't pay for her housing and her bed at night, but some guy that raped 10 women can have that...
Gets my blood boiling it does!