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[maggiebee]

Most of you will have probably seen this before, but true nevertheless.

Put the elderly in prison:

We should place the elderly in prison because

They will get a shower every day
Video surveillance in case of problems
3 meals a day; access to a library
Computers, TV, gym, doctors on-site
and free medication if needed

Put criminals in care homes and they'll get

Cold meals; lights out at 7 pm
Two showers per week; live in a smaller room
and pay rent at £2,000 per month

It's pretty sad that we treat prisoners better than our elderly.

[burlyshirley]

Very true maggie, but watch out for the pensioner bashers on here (two especially) who will no doubt be along to have yet another dig !

[pastafreak]

Well, we will just bash back...and HARD!

[Barsel]

I wouldn't mind going to a prison in Rome!
Wonder if the elderly will get these as well.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/09/08/vatican-pope-francis-ice-cream/1231631103034/

[maggiebee]

Or conjugal visits Barsel?

[Barsel]

I don't think the Pope was offering that :-)

[DTCwordfan]

The Pope was busy during all these lockdowns then - didn't know that Argentina had a reputation for making gelato in such quantities.

'Just one Pope-etto - give it to me, fresh gelato from Francis Bergogli'

[nailit]

FGS I get sick of seeing posts like this...
For most of my prison time, I have no pillow (had to make one up with clothing stuffed into a pillow case)
A plug for something simple as a shave often had to be wet toilet paper.
A shower everyday?
Are you kidding????
Was lucky enough once a fortnight...
Had to strip wash (in front of someone else) as well as deficating, urinating, and any other 'thing' that you can imagine.


Yep there was a gym (once a week)
There were 3 meals everyday...if you dont mind chips everyday that is,
access to a library...most inmates couldnt even read. I read loads.

Maggibee. get your facts straight first, trust me, prison is no holiday camp. Its a horrendous experience.
If ever I were to experience prison again, I would have no doubt that I would hang Myself,
One prison that I was in had 3 suicdes in 3 months...and that was an easy jail.....and not longer than I was let out.
Ill try to find a link.

[nailit]

https://www.bing.com/search?q=+shresbury+prison+suicides&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=shresbury+prison+suicides&;sc=0-25&sk=&cvid=6DC83B86E1A54278B31E99F407905E09

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Nailit. The 'this is what you get in care homes' is equally inaccurate, but not unexpected in such a skewed, flawed post. 'True nonethless'? It is certainly not true in my world - and mine is based on experience not FB mawkish sensationalism.

[royfromaus]

Either stop whinging about true stuff on Facebook or stop breaking the law, nailit.

Sorted!

[Peter Pedant]

you should ask the few ex cons and old lags
false analogy
but hey this is AB
this is not meant to be serious innit?

[Peter Pedant]

// FGS I get sick of seeing posts like this...//
nailit
Breathe
in and out - this is not real

[nailit]

If prison is so much more enticing to an OAP, try it sometime.

[nailit]

//Either stop whinging about true stuff on Facebook or stop breaking the law, nailit.

Sorted!//


Or rather its NOT sorted though is it?
Because this myth remains that prison is a holiday camp and it really isnt,
Its nasty and brutal and degrading.
And its nasty, brutal and degrading to people who really shouldnt be there (not me)
I was locked away with people who had OBVIOUS learning difficulties..obvious to all but the judge who put them away that is..
Not everyone in prison is a flaming mass murderer...
But I give up....

[nailit]

//It's pretty sad that we treat prisoners better than our elderly//
Trust me, we dont.

Heres a novel idea....we treat each other equelly

[jno]

Nailit, are there any comparative figures for how many have died of Covid in prison against how many in care homes?

[nailit]

//Nailit, are there any comparative figures for how many have died of Covid in prison//

No idea, havnt looked...

[nailit]

Maggie,
just to say,
Your (media infused) idea of prison,
bears no resemblance to reality.

[anneasquith]

Can’t be that bad for some, they keep returning ! !

[jno]

I believe about 50,000 care home residents have died of Covid, compared with 100-odd in jail. (Both very rough figures.) I don't know how this stacks up against actual numbers of people in both institutions. But it may be that if you had to choose (which God forbid), you might be safer from Covid in jail. This is an uncomfortable thought.