If you're an "old white guy" with no money, health issues, nowhere to live nor family to help, Club Fed may be a viable option. d;^)
I worked with an old white guy. He was smart, generally able, eccentric and had been devastated years earlier by a bad civil divorce.
His job at my company was mostly commission, and in the early days he was living out of his mid-sized Oldsmobile. No registration, no insurance. The police stopped him, and he explained his situation, and they basically let him go, as sending him to jail wouldn’t fix anything, and Rockford, IL had enough problems.
People have robbed banks just to get thrown in prison so they can get some healthcare and a place to sleep. For many people all they really need or want is a TV, a bed, and decent food.