Is a Prisoner's Kidney worth 180 days?
 

Just heard about this on the evening news.

"Inmates in South Carolina could soon find that a kidney is worth 180 days.

Lawmakers are considering legislation that would let prisoners donate organs or bone marrow in exchange for time off their sentences. "

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=2935757

Solves 2 problems, I think... prison overcrowding, and a lack of donors for such things...

What do you guys think?

lol no way in hell would I give up body parts for 180 days in the slammer.

I have been suggesting Death Row be used for a parts house for years.

Uh.. no. Not no, but fuck no.

What the fuck are they thinking?

Why not, 180 days isn't shit though. For a body part? Jeez.

This isn't China we're talking about. This is America. You can't sell your organs here and effectively that's what they would be doing. "Trading" your organs for time off... it's bullshit. Furthermore prisoners sentenced for hard crimes (rape/murder/etc.) shouldn't be allowed to "buy" any time off period.

At first I thought it was a good idea because I mistakingly had the idea in my head that a kidney donor's life expectancy is shortened... so it'd simply just be a matter of them exchanging days.

After a bit of research, turns out that's generally not the case... there's no life expectancy change.... so I don't really know anymore.

They'd basically be paying the cost of pain and surgery and recovery (during a period of time that's already contained in their prison sentence) for those 180 days...

I dunno... if a prison's main objective is to reform, maybe it could be argued that those that have reached a point where they're willing to help someone else to such an extent (even if they know what they're getting out of it from the get-go) are a bit further down the path of enlightenment than other prisoners, and deserve an early release?

Maybe I can understand why society doesn't want to legalize organ-selling on a grand scale... but, ethically, they are your organs... if it's to be said that a woman has a right to receive an abortion because it's her body, then why can't someone sell an organ when it's their organ?

wasnt there a movie where some dude was given some sort of transplant by a criminal and then hed do all crazy shit?

no not frankenstein..haha

thats what im thinking as well.. :2 cents:

yeah hahahahahah... :thumbsup

I think a kidney has to be worth at least 1 year, maybe more…

I agree with you 100%

China is more capitalistic than the US in that regard.

haha, like in China.

it was also a simpson eps

homer got snakes hair and went on a killing spree

oh yeah!! :1orglaugh i think there was a number of em...

now that i think of it.. the kid in idle didnt get a hand implant tho?? right? i cant remember... been ages since ive seen it!

Ok, so why can't people sell their kidney? And the hospital that gets it for free charges $50,000 for the kidney and operation?

I am personally not a doner for that exact reason. If they would get the operation for free, I would donate. Or if I got a chunk, I would donate also. But if someone is going to be proffiting off of someone elses sufering im just not going to do it.

Good maybe they can start offering stupid murderers immediate release in exchange for a heart and two lungs! :)

Wow I have to agree but that is one hell of a can of worms to open.

thats the first movie i saw jessica alba in. she was so hot :thumbsup

that's the stupidest idea I've ever heard of.