Question

Why cant prisoners vote when they are in jail provide 5 good reasons why to help answer the question

Answer 1

“Cruel and unusual punishment is a phrase describing punishment that is considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on the person subjected to it” … not being able to vote against things that may affect you is an cruel unusual punishment

~8th Amendment

Step-by-step explanation:

Denying prisoners their right to vote is a violation of human rights though some rights are taken away when your arrested prisoners still are protected by the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and in my opinion voting bloc is an cruel unusual punishment... Imagine a law possibly being passed in the outside world that may affect your way of living, when you're able to return home and you are not able to vote against it this policy must make these prisoners feel helpless.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

In local jails, the vast majority of persons are eligible to vote because they are not currently serving a sentence for a felony conviction. Generally, persons are incarcerated in jail pretrial, sentenced to misdemeanor offenses, or are sentenced and awaiting transfer to state prison. Of the 745,0001) individuals incarcerated in jail as of 2017 nearly two-thirds (64.7%), or 482,000, were being held pretrial because they had not been able to post bail. Of the 263,000 who were serving a sentence, the vast majority had been convicted of a misdemeanor offense that does not result in disenfranchisement.

Despite the fact that most persons detained in jail are eligible to vote, very few actually do. Jail administrators often lack knowledge about voting laws, and bureaucratic obstacles to establishing a voting process within institutions contribute significantly to limited voter participation. Indeed, acquiring voter registration forms or an absentee ballot while incarcerated is challenging when someone cannot use the internet or easily contact the Board of Elections in their community. In addition, many persons in jail do not know they maintain the right to vote while incarcerated, and there are few programs to guarantee voting access.