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It would appear this cages have been in use for many many years without other deaths.
Has there been negligence here? Yes, no doubt but I'm wondering if the outrage would be as high if this was some male prisoner in there for rape.
It would appear this cages have been in use for many many years without other deaths.
Has there been negligence here? Yes, no doubt but I'm wondering if the outrage would be as high if this was some male prisoner in there for rape.
There's no way the outrage would be at this level if it were about a male. Still, that doesn't diminish this case. Hopefully, changes will be made that make things better for everyone.
There's no way the outrage would be at this level if it were about a male. Still, that doesn't diminish this case. Hopefully, changes will be made that make things better for everyone.
I think old cold's specification of "male rapist" is important. If it were a male who was mentally ill and incarcerated for a nonviolent offense, there would likely be some outrage. If he were a rapist, showing any empathy would be very unpopular and frowned upon.
It would appear this cages have been in use for many many years without other deaths.
Has there been negligence here? Yes, no doubt but I'm wondering if the outrage would be as high if this was some male prisoner in there for rape.
The really sad thing about it with her and many others like her, they don't want the help because they don't think they have a problem!
No, the REALLY sad thing is that the Arizona Department of Corrections let the woman die in a cage which was left out in the heat and sun with no shade and no water.
This woman was retarded! You post is BS. Just a backhanded way of insulting the woman, yet again. You have not a clue what that woman wanted in her life, not a single clue.
What do you mean by 'many others like her"? How do YOU know what she was like?
A lot of them seem to believe that prisoners should have no rights. Someone here even said that prisoners in Arizona should be incarcerated without air conditioning. I guess that's an example of "compassionate conservatism".
Yeah, we've got a lot of that "compassionate conservatism" in Arizona. This is the Wild Wild West, you know, and we have to keep up that image, regardless of the cost. After all, if we started being humane to prisoners, we'd be "soft on crime".
This woman was retarded! You post is BS. Just a backhanded way of insulting the woman, yet again. You have not a clue what that woman wanted in her life, not a single clue.
What do you mean by 'many others like her"? How do YOU know what she was like?
I see nothing to sugges that "This woman was retarded." The descriptive in the original article said, "Powell, who was serving a more than two-year sentence and had a history of drug addiction and mental illness,"
I see nothing to sugges that "This woman was retarded." The descriptive in the original article said, "Powell, who was serving a more than two-year sentence and had a history of drug addiction and mental illness,"
It's not in the originally cited article; it's noted here:
The fiduciary's office has been Powell's guardian since being appointed July 7, 2008. Prior to this, there was a guardian ad litem, an attorney appointed by the court to be her guardian. Court documents from last year list Powell's "alleged disabilities" as "disorganized schizophrenia, polysubstance abuse, and mild mental retardation."
A lot of them seem to believe that prisoners should have no rights. Someone here even said that prisoners in Arizona should be incarcerated without air conditioning. I guess that's an example of "compassionate conservatism".
A lot? Some, sure - but I am conservative and I don't believe that she deserved death in a cage for christs sake.
And I don't that I am in the minority.
The family shold be punished for pretending to care when there is a chance to get some cash for themselves as a result of what happened to this woman. Clearly they didn't care about her before, or they would have provided her with a place to live, they would have taken steps to get her off the streets and maybe on her medication. They should be arrested if they try to profit from her death when they did nothing to prevent her getting to the place where it was possible. Does that mean I think the prison should be absolved of responsibility? Of course not. I believe the responsibility for her death lies squarely on their shoulders, and they should be made to deal with it.
Well, it appears that you have the luxuary of not being related to a mentally ill/drug addicted/alcholic/all three person.
You cannot 'make' someone take their medication anymore then you can 'make' someone stay clean. You may allow a mentally ill person to stay in your home, but that is no guarantee that they will remain there. It may not make sense to us - you know, sane people - but mentally ill people particularily with paranoid schizophrenia complicated with drug/alcohol abuse actually prefer to live on the streets. And there is not a damn thing a parent/sister/aunt/child of an adult mentally ill homeless person can do about it.
Count your blessings that you are so ignorant of what life with the mentally ill is like.
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How do YOU know what she was like?
