Aging Inmates' Health Care. Ron Word.
by Word, Ron; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 48Family. Publisher: Sun-Sentinel, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Older prisoners | Prison sentences | Prisoners -- Health and hygiene | Prisoners -- Medical care | Prisons -- Cost of operation | Prisons -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For 44 years, Dennis Whitney's life has been a metal bed with a three-inch mattress, steel bars and razor wire--hard time for an inmate who has grown old in prison for killing seven people when he was 17. Whitney, now 61, sees his last chance at freedom with a parole commission meeting this fall, but he's been turned down time after time since he first became eligible after serving 30 years of his life sentence....Whitney's an example of Florida's rapidly aging prison population fueled by get-tough-on-crime programs and an increasing number of older people convicted of sex crimes and murder. Many serving life sentences or lengthy prison terms will die behind bars. The mounting costs of housing an aging inmate population is a nationwide problem." (SUN-SENTINEL) This article reveals the costs of housing older prisoners and examines some of the steps states are taking "to rein in the costs of elderly inmates."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Aging Inmates' Health Care, Feb. 28, 2004; pp. 18B.
"For 44 years, Dennis Whitney's life has been a metal bed with a three-inch mattress, steel bars and razor wire--hard time for an inmate who has grown old in prison for killing seven people when he was 17. Whitney, now 61, sees his last chance at freedom with a parole commission meeting this fall, but he's been turned down time after time since he first became eligible after serving 30 years of his life sentence....Whitney's an example of Florida's rapidly aging prison population fueled by get-tough-on-crime programs and an increasing number of older people convicted of sex crimes and murder. Many serving life sentences or lengthy prison terms will die behind bars. The mounting costs of housing an aging inmate population is a nationwide problem." (SUN-SENTINEL) This article reveals the costs of housing older prisoners and examines some of the steps states are taking "to rein in the costs of elderly inmates."
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