he’s smirking.
Yes, he certainly is.
This reminds me of about twenty years ago, when crack cocaine was just made available to anybody for a dollar or two. You had thousands of ‘crack babies’ being born who were always angry, always unhappy and later prone to acting out violently. The ‘man’ here may be such a creature; born rotten, diseased and a danger to the public. Maybe the prisoners themselves will exact the punishment which fits the crime.