Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG WITH THIS IDEA?!?!?!?! Massachusetts prisoners may get shorter sentences for organ donations | Massachusetts | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM A new bill proposes that prisoners get at least two months off their sentences for donating bone marrow or organs Quote Prisoners in Massachusetts may soon have the option to get their sentences reduced in exchange for donating their organs or bone marrow if a proposed law is passed in the US state. A new bill with the aim of establishing an organ and donation program within the state’s department of corrections has been proposed by two state lawmakers – both Democrats. If it passes into law, then the “program shall allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence”. Along with the new program, a committee would be established composed of five members responsible for overseeing the scheme. The committee would also decide on eligibility standards for incarcerated individuals interested in the program and “the amount of bone marrow and organ(s) donated to earn one’s sentence to be commuted”. @Kal-El814 - please explain yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Healthy sign of a great country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I need to think about it but I find this grim dark on the initial pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I can't imagine anyone signing up to lose a body part for up to a year off of time, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 He attacked a judge the penalty is death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I don’t think there is any issue with allowing people alternate paths of repaying their debt to society. There do need to be safeguards in place to ensure that the inmates are making consensual choices to do so. We should allow the sale of organs and other means of increasing the supply of things like kidneys. And make organ donation at death opt-out, instead of opt-in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I’m okay with this but only if the organs are then sold on public auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 41 minutes ago, sblfilms said: IThere do need to be safeguards in place to ensure that the inmates are making consensual choices to do so. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no evidence that I have seen from the American carceral system that provides me with even the faintest glimmer of hope that those safeguards would remotely function, if they even existed at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 While I like the idea what's to stop people from saying sure I'll do that, get out, and then not do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 14 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Unfortunately, there is absolutely no evidence that I have seen from the American carceral system that provides me with even the faintest glimmer of hope that those safeguards would remotely function, if they even existed at all. I think it would have to be a system independent of the prison system itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 47 minutes ago, stepee said: I’m okay with this but only if the organs are then sold on public auction. But only if an old time-y auctioneer does it, no stupid online bidding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: But only if an old time-y auctioneer does it, no stupid online bidding Thank you this is exactly how I pictured it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 What happens if they volunteer, and then get that remaining organ’s twin shived during their sentence? That is, if they actually volunteered in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 How big of a reduction do they get for being a heart donor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 Quote The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Committee shall consist of five members: The Commissioner of the Department of Correction or their designee who will act as chair of the committee; the Medical Director of the Department of Corrections or their designee; a Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Specialist from a hospital within the Commonwealth or their designee; a representative of an organization advocating for bone marrow donations within the Commonwealth or their designee; and two appointments shall be made by the Governor to serve three-year terms and one of whom shall be a board member of an advocacy group advocating for the rights of incarcerated individuals, and one of whom shall be from the Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association. Ah, I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 "So, do we have to donate our own organs, or can we murder Tom?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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