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Are you insane?

That is a stupid question sir, but I will still explain it, so listen up. I was in California prisons from 1988 to 2013. In a few cases, certainly not a majority, but some, who had outlived relatives, were in their 70s, 80s and 90s, who had many physical problems, who did not want to get out, because they had no support system. There was one 94 year old criminal, who had served his time, and though he begged prison authorities not to let him out, they put him at the gate and told him to go away. In a day or two, he took a header off a bridge. There were quite a few criminals, who were better off in prison than they were on the streets. They don't worry about food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Do they necessarily like it? No, they don't like it even a little, they just put up with the garbage, in exchange for the security. It is a trade off. Some feel this way, some don't. Any more questions?

The men in Germany were taken from their homes,they were not inmates. I very much doubt that prison would be their preference.

I'll backup what you are saying. My Wife did one of her years of public health payback at the Springfield, Mo Federal Medical Center (prison). It was not uncommon for prisoners to be released and end back up on the same floor and the same bed. They would get out, grab a brick and throw it into a Post Office window.

Everybody from the medical staff to the guards knew they would be back. The healtchare or more importantly the nursing care was all they had. That was not available to them on the outside.

Even though it was maximum security, it was the only home they knew and the only family that they had.

You don’t think there’s going to be a difference in the thinking of the old folks already in prison (like the ones you knew) and the ones who were not incarcerated?