Cost of Elderly Inmates

The Hidden Costs of Elderly Inmates

Tina Maschi | Posted 05.22.2012

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Tina Maschi

When looking beyond the mugshot to the bigger picture, mounting evidence suggests that older adult offenders are also the victims of abuse and neglect vis a vis our prison system. The time to take action is now, both for our societal mores and our collective pocketbook.

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Aging Prison Population Strains Tight State Budgets

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.28.2012

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NEW YORK — In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elder...

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State Spends Millions Per Year Keeping Elderly Inmates Behind Bars

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky, and Mick Dumke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Heirens, infamous as Chicago's "Lipstick Killer," is the longest-serving inmate in the Illinois prison system. He's been behind bars since the ag...

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