On a serious note. . .

Today I was, again introduced to the harsh reality that this world is full of crazies. Take a look at this guy to the left. Does he scream "Upstanding citizen with a good heart" to you or is the tune more like "Psycho lunatic that may kill someone someday"?
Well that's what he did this morning. This idiot was an inmate who shot and killed a police officer who was escorting him to his orthopedic doctor's appointment. My first question, why do we offer inmates orthopedic doctors to visit. Maybe I'm thinking of this incorrectly but isn't that kind of a luxury at this point? "Oh, your back hurts from sleeping on a cot?" The most appropriate response to this would be "You should have thought of that before you ________ (fill in the blank with unnecessary and pathetic previous crime)." Instead, we say "Tell you what. . . let's take you to a premium-care facility and just get you the treatment you need." NO! I don't agree with this at all. Congestive heart failure = doctor. Brain aneurysm = doctor. Sore knee from too much basketball during 'free time' = too bad sucker. Take an Advil and call it a day. There are thousands of people who can't afford to visit a facility like this and yet we'll send our inmates there for treatment. If you are going to use my tax money for orthopedic treatment, offer it to the homeless or the destitute. Don't waste it on this idiot.
Second question about this whole thing - what is this world coming to? It kind of seems like you can't wake up anymore and see a single good thing on the news. What is it in today's society that makes people like this think that they can disregard the well-being and even lives of others? It's almost like people aren't afraid of the law anymore or that they'd rather spend time in jail than get a hobby. Paris can tell you that jail is not the place to be. . . why don't these lunatics get it?
I'm saddened by the fact that it takes something like this for us to step back and think "Could this have been prevented?" You bet it could have. I realize that sometimes, there are no signs that would warn us that a person is dangerous but give me a break with this one. What part of the swastika tattooed on his forehead wasn't a small warning of insanity? From the recent Trolley Square shooting to this (and this is only local news ind you), there has got to be something that can be done to treat these people before they get to their breaking point. Thoughts?