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by arcticbull 1261 days ago
> See, e.g. that guy who lost his dick to preventable cancer due to not being able to see anybody about it in time:

I don't think castrating everyone going to prison is the right plan there either, but it would seem to be the natural analog.

The right thing to do would be to invest in healthcare for prisoners, who, I think it's important to remember, are still humans.

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The analog would be forcing him to see a specialist against his will. Another poster pointed out that the hospital said they were required to do this to protect one of the mother's health.

I don't know whether that was true, but then again, I don't know whether anything said in this story is true or not.