Prisons fail to provide for disabled inmates

The Colorado prison system has missed two court-ordered deadlines to improve facilities and services for disabled inmates, some of whom have gone without glasses, wheelchairs or hearing aids for months or even years, according to court records.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/24/prison-system-delays-disabled-inmates-aid/

A lot of the problems prisons have are due to the sheer number of prisoners we have in the US. We need to reduce the number of prisoners and the easiest way to do that is to stop incarcerating vice crimes.