Would You Trade Your Body Parts For Your Freedom?
One state is proposing a bill to allow inmates time off their sentence if they donate organs.
By: Demeter V Delune
In headlines I never thought I would read anywhere other than The Onion, this week I was scrolling through a Twitter thread about women in comas being used as human incubators (which is horrific enough) when I saw something else I never thought I would read.
A Massachusetts bill could allow prisoners to swap their organs for their freedom.
Excuse me? This had to be a joke, right? Nope. It’s absolutely serious. As I read the article, which I’ve linked here, and yes, that’s from MIT, the incredulity just grew.
Why? Well beyond the obvious, it’s targeting a population that’s already desperate — inmates who don’t want to be in prison.
Not only because the percentage of marginalized communities makes up the majority of the population of inmates: African American men incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons is over 38% and Hispanic men is 30%, but it’s dangerous.
The conditions in a prison are not remotely optimal to recover from major surgery. And as the article mentioned, getting…
