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.
"Working with Workforce Solutions Alamo to determine local employer market needs, the Alamo Colleges have developed new classes. Some of the class offerings now include national certification in manufacturing quality and safety, Express-News education writer Alia Malik reported recently. Over the last four years, nearly 3,000 inmates have taken at least one of the vocational classes offered by the Alamo Colleges District."
San Antonio Express-News
May 14, 2018
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