Even if an inmate's sentence is not oppressively long, their treatment while incarcerated can still constitute subhuman treatment. Prisons are not medical facilities, but they regularly are forced to deal with mental health problems and care for elderly and terminally ill inmates. Food, if it's even edible, usually lacks enough nutrition for inmates' health to not deteriorate. Plus, with a lack of opportunities to see family, read, or gain skill sets, inmates are placed in buildings which lack any resemblance of the civilized world.
“He said he will set personal bonds, meaning people who walk into his courtroom will be allowed to leave without posting bonds. He said he's going to reach out to the court's administrative judge, Michelle Earley, and try and set up a meeting with jail officials to figure out why so many inmates are dying.“
Cleveland Plain Dealer
October 3, 2018
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