The posts asks the addressable question of: what should we do about prisoner healthcare?
Ignoring the 967 years scenario (as that’s more of a hypothetical to conjure more abstract or philosophical thoughts in the reader), there’s still the issue of should longevity medicine be given to prisoners or not?
If yes:
Then the government is extending a prisoner’s incarceration (and suffering) for even longer if the prisoner is not set for release within hundreds of years, which seems cruel.
If no:
Then the government is condemning them to a premature death when the rest of us are living longer.
^Both of these options are suboptimal. The best case scenario is that we ignore them and find a third alternative: a rehabilitation-based approach to prison (versus the current confinement-based punishment).
The posts asks the addressable question of: what should we do about prisoner healthcare?
Ignoring the 967 years scenario (as that’s more of a hypothetical to conjure more abstract or philosophical thoughts in the reader), there’s still the issue of should longevity medicine be given to prisoners or not?
If yes:
Then the government is extending a prisoner’s incarceration (and suffering) for even longer if the prisoner is not set for release within hundreds of years, which seems cruel.
If no:
Then the government is condemning them to a premature death when the rest of us are living longer.
^Both of these options are suboptimal. The best case scenario is that we ignore them and find a third alternative: a rehabilitation-based approach to prison (versus the current confinement-based punishment).