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Geriatric prisoner images

Following up on Emily Ramshaw's story, "Dying on the State's Dime," Texas Tribune photographer Caleb Miller posted this slideshow with pictures from Texas' geriatric prison wing at the Estelle Unit in Huntsville:How much danger do these fellows really pose to the public? Earlier Ramshaw had earlier written that:despite the fact that the national one-year recidivism rate for older offenders is miniscule compared to that of younger offenders ? 3.2 percent for inmates over 55, compared to 45 percent for inmates between 18 and 29 ? an April report by the VERA Institute of Justice, a nonprofit criminal justice policy group, found that the 15 states that allow medical release rarely use it. What stands in the way? Political repercussions, complicated review processes and limited eligibility, the researchers found...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).