Rights of the Old and Unwanted

Why is it we can treat convicted felons and murders with respect and give them a place to live with all the conveniences. Yet we have a hard time giving the homeless and under privileged the same conveniences. Prisoners eat well have a warm place to sleep and get work out equipment with TV and cable. Why as a society do we reward bad behavior and punish good people down on their luck trying to persevered through a rough period of there life? Prison is a place for people who do bad things, and to go there shouldn't be easy. It should be a place you never want to go to again because of the conditions. Our prisons are like club med compared to some of the conditions good hard working people are scraping to get by or out of a particular situation. The unwanted people of society do not commit crimes, they scrounge for everything they have and use everyones discarded items and put them to good use. Its time to get tough on our inmates we shouldn't have to pay there way to a place where they do not have to reflect on what they did to get there in the first place. We need to make it hard, no TV, no cable, no exercise equipment, no coveinences, just enough food to get them by. We must give them a reason and a the time to reflect on why they are there in the first place. The shouldn't be coddled, they must be made to have conditions that are so poor that they don't want to come back. Remember you the tax payer are subsidizing these people while being incarcerated, don't you want to get the most out of your money? We need to give them the bare minimums of each and every catagory they use products for, even heat, light, medicine, and so on. If you tree huggers out there do not want the incarcerated people to have it to hard then donate your money to subsidize there welfare don't use mine. My money can be spent better on people who are going to atleast try and use for their good or for the good of all. Like scholarships, people who are trying to get out of shelters, single mothers and fathers who want a better lifestyle for their children. These are the types of programs we should be putting our hard earned money into for making a good investment. The other types of programs are just putting good money after bad with no improvement on the status quo.