I will never be smug about my home state. We may be better than many, but then stuff like this arises:

Lawmakers propose letting Massachusetts prisoners donate organs for reduced sentences

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/massachusetts-bill-prisoners-donate-organs-reduced-sentences/

Lawmakers propose letting Massachusetts prisoners donate organs for reduced sentences

Critics call the bill "perverse" and say it's like "harvesting organs."

CBS Boston

@jimgon

If they donate a heart, it will be reduced a lot. Just release them before the removal, and they will be free for the rest of their lives.

("Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." To quote Terry Pratchett.)