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I think that anybody who argues that forced medical experimentation is cruel and unusual punishment thereby commits himself to the position that execution is cruel and unusual. Otherwise you have the absurdity that medical experimentation is crueler than death itself.
Similarly, if execution is not cruel and unusual then certainly medical utility also is not, because its impact is less than death (forced donation of body parts couldn't even be considered punishment if the person is already executed.)
I think the main take-home-point in this discussion is that the U.S. already is doing things to its inmates that most civilized countries in the world would consider absolutely wrong.
Adding forced medical experimentation to the list might be consistent with this overall pattern, but it's still wrong. And I would leave the country if it happened.
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