[Twotone]

A ridiculous idea...prolong the life of a criminal to let them experience some kind of living hell. Isn’t that cruel & unusual?

Personally, I’ve never understood why we give any medical care (other than comfort care) to lifers. Shouldn’t we be letting nature hurry them on their way?

[OneWingedShark]

A ridiculous idea...prolong the life of a criminal to let them experience some kind of living hell. Isn’t that cruel & unusual?

Yes; the founders would be horrified at that prospect.

[tbw2]

In a world with life extension technology, prisoners are most likely to be condemned to short lives as punishment.
In the book “The Declaration”, the punishment for almost everything severe is death because life extension means less death and more resource strain. Keeping criminals alive then becomes immoral in the face of the needs of law abiding citizens.

[JSteff]

Yes and France had the right idea with Ghana.
A prison system so bad the sentence was near certain death to all who got it. Gitmo IS a club med and refitting center for all terrorist sent there. Gitmo is a reward trip not nearly a sentence of any kind.