Is The Way Of Treating The Prisoners In Developed Countries Alright

Hi I am Ishwas going against the statement . Today as we can see that developed countries like America etc. are treating the prisoners like cattels, due to which some of them are becoming mentally sick and even some are dieying due to the harsh environment around them. Today the harsh availibility of environment to the prisoners are making them more aggresive and they are becoming mentally plus physically sick . Riot among the prisoners are also taking place.And these all are due to overcrowding. According to a survey presented by national geographic team it was there that about 75% of the imitants of world are found in New york. And 25-40% are of the age 18-25 years. Due to overcrowding and harsh conditions various epidemics are also breaking out. Have an eye on the report:- An Epidemic of Pneumococcal Disease in an Overcrowded, Inadequately Ventilated Jail. Medical teams presented massessed risk factors for pneumococcal disease in both a case-control and a cohort study. Ventilation was evaluated by measuring carbon dioxide levels and air flow to the living areas of the jail. The extent of asymptomatic infection was determined by culturing pharyngeal specimens from a random sample of inmates. Type-specific immunity was determined with an enzyme immunoassay. Results Over a four-week period, 46 inmates had either acute pneumonia or invasive pneumococcal disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F. The jail's capacity had been set at 3500 inmates, but it housed 6700 at the time of the outbreak; the inmates had a median living area of only 34 ft2 (3.2 m2) (interquartile range, 28 to 56 ft2 [2.6 to 5.2 m2]) per person. There were significantly fewer cases of disease among inmates with 80 ft2 (7.4 m2) per person or more (P = 0.030). Carbon dioxide levels ranged from 1100 to 2500 ppm (acceptable, <1000), and the ventilation system delivered a median of only 6.1 ft3 of outside air per minute per person (interquartile range, 4.4 to 8.5 ft3; recommended, 20 ft3). The attack rate was highest among inmates in cells with the highest carbon dioxide levels and the lowest volume of outside air delivered by the ventilation system (relative risk, 1.94; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.08 to 3.48). Of underlying medical conditions, intravenous drug use was most strongly associated with disease (odds ratio, 4.50). The epidemic strain (serotype 12F) was cultured from 7 percent of the asymptomatic inmates. Of 11 case patients tested with the enzyme immunoassay, 9 (82 percent) lacked preexisting immunity to this strain. In recent years, overcrowding in correctional facilities has reached crisis proportions, especially in America's jails, which operate at more than 200 percent of their capacity1. There are few data on the consequences of this overcrowding with respect to infectious disease. Although outbreaks of disease transmitted by the respiratory route, such as tuberculosis,2,3,4,5 meningococcal disease,6 and viral infections (rubella and varicella),7,8 have been documented in correctional facilities, the degree of crowding and the adequacy of ventilation were not determined. So I ask you are they not humans that they are treated like cattels. Imazine how they are amde to live in such small cells with many more like them and just imazine to their condition that how they live in so conjusted way. At last i woud say that now a days these jails are becoming hell and the people imitants the survivors of these..... Other things i would like to share in the next round....... Thanks for reading........ think and think you'll get youself.....