Posted on 10/06/2018 2:01:55 AM PDT by Steve Schulin
This might be a good idea—when they get out they will be better able to reintegrate into society. Would also help with self-esteem, which would also help them when they get out.
I also have sympathy for people who can’t afford dentistry. Prisoners aside, there are millions of decent folks who can’t afford to visit a dentist regularly and it can be disfiguring.
Dental insurance is a joke.
Don’t give them dentures. Let them eat pureed food.
Meanwhile, Medicare does not cover dentures.
Guess seniors in TX who need teeth should commit a felony.
Give ‘em Nutraloaf.
Hah - One of the University of Houston debate teams back in the 1970s presented a case for their plan to ensure that every prisoner had a job when their prison term was up. I’ll never forget the ridicule that my teammate Geoff Ringer heaped on that plan: “Can’t get a job? Commit a crime!” the first time he faced them. I thought back to that day when I saw the Houston Chronicle front page story about dentures for prisoners. Geoff was a brilliant debater, and I’m delighted to see you raise this argument today. Thanks.
If you expect them to successfully re-enter normal society then dentures are a small cost.
dentures are advertised for under $500 locally.
Toothless applicants are likely to be rejected for nearly all jobs as American society places great emphasis on attractiveness and good teeth are big part of that.
Agree providing them is a good idea, but they should have to pay for them. Work it off in the prison shop.
And just how do people lose their teeth? DRUGS! Taxpayer-paid dentures, no matter how compassionate and likely to help the released convict secure employment afterwords, STILL means that criminal behavior is rewarded. HOW can you support this expenditure KNOWING that hard-working, law-abiding, taxpaying, drug-free citizens not only have to sacrifice whatever else they would buy for themselves with that extra tax money, have that money confiscated by the government for uses that they would not choose, and then not even have the luxury to have the government pay the bill for their OWN dentures? Whew. What a misplaced sense of compassion some of you have.
I have a friend who is monetarily poor. I’ve been researching how to purchase reasonably priced dentures for him.
This is wrong! Let them eat baby food.
“Yo Rastus...you be sure to pull those dentures out before you visit me in my cell tonight. I don’t want no accidents.”
Boo freakin’ hoo. I don’t remember my grandfather ever having teeth. It wasn’t noticeable. He said dentures hurt. He ate regular food just fine. He was a mayor and a newspaper owner/editor so interacted with the public 24/7.
Take small bites.
They don’t serve pork chops in TX prisons after one inmate killed another with a bone. Stabbed him in the chest. Mr. b told them not to remove the bone but they did. The guy bled out right there.
Nonsense, I know many people with missing teeth who have never used drugs.......
You think all those Polident and drug implant commercials are targeted towards drug addicts?.......LOL!
Do they get hearing aids? They are way out of sight.
Do they get hearing aids? They are way out of sight.
Oops, that’s tooth implants......
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