Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

Awesome. Should probably expand it to people who aren’t prisoners too though.

TokenBoomer,

But that’s socialism. /s

Treczoks,

What do they expect in a country with inadequate health options for many? This is not the first time I've read that people in the US do something criminal to get into prison just to get proper medical treatment they otherwise cannot afford. Take a look at the statistics how many US prisoners get their teeth fixed as soon as they are behind bars...

Infiltrated_ad8271,
Infiltrated_ad8271 avatar

25k per patient is far less than I would have expected.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Removed, California is not “World News”.

World News is for things that happen OUTSIDE the United States. If we didn’t make the distinction, it would be over-run with US News and Politics.

kartonrealista,
@kartonrealista@lemmy.world avatar

California has like 40M people. That’s ten cents per person, spread over 6 years. It’s literally nothing. A road costs more to bankroll (I tried looking up a specific figure but they’re all over the place).

Supervivens,

That’s also ignoring all the other taxes California collects line from businesses/commerce

TokenBoomer,

Why is this a problem?

guckfoogle,
TokenBoomer,

So maybe that should be the focus of the article instead of demonizing trans people.

guckfoogle,

I think it’s more critical of how the politicians have decided to spend tax payer money, and how there haven’t been any guardrails put in place to prevent male prisoners from abusing this program and transferring to female prisons to sexually assault them.

TokenBoomer,

Then that should be the content of this article. Don’t worry, we’ll get there.

BadEngineering,

Because what sexual abuser wouldn't sign up for years of hormone therapy and invasive surgeries so that they could go and assault women in another prison. /s

sodalite,

At first I thought this was good because this is actually what I want my tax dollars to go toward. But it seems like that is not what the writer of this article is saying…

whenigrowup356,

Yes yes, keep complaining about trans people existing. That’s much simpler than thinking about why there are so many fucking prisoners for you, isn’t it?

guckfoogle,

I’m not transphobic and neither is this article, but it does point out how the state has chosen to spend tax payer money.

whenigrowup356,

Mhm, I’m sure that this is just one small part of your long history of activism to increase prisoner access to health and dental care.

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