For some reason began going down a rabbit hole thinking about this. Let’s say you are blind, and reliant on a guide dog, but end up in prison for a non-violent crime like possession of illegal drugs. Are you allowed to keep the dog? No, right? But if you are entirely reliant on the guide dog to perform daily tasks, how do you manage in prison? What about people who are seriously disabled in other respects, like wheelchair users or those missing limbs, or those with serious mental disabilities? I’m asking for answers both from countries that actually treat prisoners like humans and the US
In the federal system they have prisons with built in long-term medical to facilities.
They’re able to provide every kind of medical treatment and procedure necessary even hospice.
However, if the prison doesn’t want to deal with treatment due to financial concerns they’ll do what’s called a " compassionate release" usually for terminally ill prisoners.
It looks better for the prison if one of their guests don’t die while incarcerated.