The Prisoners Voting Thing

I thought I'd be outraged by the decision to give prisoners voting rights, but really I'm not.

Can anyone explain to me why people like Sylvia Hardy, Donald Allison or Nick Hogan ought to be denied their democratic right to vote when we allow Andrew Griffin, Nathan Marshall and Jack Bolton to retain theirs?

As Gadget points out, on daily basis utter scum are passed through the revolving doors of the justice system. These get to retain their right to vote despite being found guilty of some pretty nasty crimes.

So no, this doesn't outrage me. When we're putting real villains behind bars, not people who have offended the state, my opinion shall change. But right now, given the asinine justice system, let them all vote because there an awful lot of people not in prison who ought to be and vice versa, so stopping prisoners from voting is no longer a reasonable punishment, but an arbitrary line which no longer makes any sense.

Fix the justice system first, then we can discuss if it's reasonable to deny prisoners the vote.