Why Do Prisoners Have Rights

There are roughly 3,927 crimes committed each day, ranging from theft-murder. Last reported in 2006, 7.2 million people are incarcerated, on probation or parole. In US, we have laws and if you go against those laws there are consequences. The consequences usually involve court, fine and/or jail. [3]According to the American Jail Association back in 2009, there are 1,326,547 state prisoners. So the question stands, do prisoners deserve their rights or do they lose their rights once convicted?

We have 30 basic human rights, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created by the United Nations in 1948. Thousands of prisoners are in “supermax” prisons. These “supermax”

First off let's start with the Pro-Rights viewpoint. Human rights aren’t determined by if someone “deserves” them. Human rights are HUMAN rights, just for strictly being human. The point of prisons are to not stick someone in a confined space for

Prisoners should only have the rights to food, sleep, attorney and medical treatment. Before a prisoner became a prisoner they had the same rights as every other free human being. Since they have broken the law, that person shows they aren’t capable of having those rights. Those rights should be eliminate until out of prison. Once you have deceived the government you have to face the consequences even if that means your right are limited or gone.

Rights are basically given to you because you are a citizen and human. Whether you took advantage of those rights or not, they are given to you. They can’t be taken away but they can be limited. Respect depends on the facilities. Most crimes that are committed are people calling out for attention. Other crimes are a reflection of what was once done to them. So before we automatically think that prisoners are the slums of our society, we should actually think about what lead them to the action and that no matter what they have done they are still human