Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A snapshot of what's wrong with this country...

In an disgusting letter mailed to his local paper, a convicted killer has bragged about his 'life of leisure':

 Danny Robbie Hembree Jr. was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Heather Catterton in 2009 and had this to say in his recent letter:.
"Is the public aware that I am a gentleman of leisure, watching color TV in the A.C., reading, taking naps at will, eating three well balanced hot meals a day," Hembree asked in the letter. "I'm housed in a building that connects to the new 55 million dollar hospital with round the clock free medical care 24/7."
Hembree is also a suspect in the deaths of two other women, 30-year-old Randi Dean Saldana, and 30-year-old Deborah Ratchford.  He confessed to the crimes  but later said he only did so to cover up a string of armed robberies.

Makes perfect sense, right?

I'm not, however, talking about his crimes or his confession when I mention a snapshot of what's wrong with this country.

I'm talking about the fact that there is a 55 million dollar hospital somewhere attached to a prison housing death row inmates.

There are rural areas in this country without hospitals.

It's absolutely insane...

2 comments:

CnC said...

I have several ideas for prison reform. All of which the ACLU would consider cruel and highly unusual.

Bloviating Zeppelin said...

In Fornicalia, CDC had to spend close to a billion dollars to update hospitals, mandated by a state ruling on inmate health care. Inmate health care is a MASSIVELY litigious area in this crazy-ass state.

BZ