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CA/National: Aging Prisoners "Nursing Homes" Very Costly

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Aging inmates add to prison strain in Calif. By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer Saturday, July 5, 2008 Vacaville, CA (AP) -- Louis Rodriguez, a lifelong thief, is costing California taxpayers a lot of money. And so are others like him, aging criminals locked away for life or extended sentences who require expensive, ongoing medical treatment. The state's expanding prison population and the increasing average age of its inmates appear to be key factors behind one of the most contentious issues facing California lawmakers. They are at odds over whether to approve $7 billion to build medical units for a prison health care system that has been ruled unconstitutional. The money has been ordered by a federal court receiver who has been placed in charge of medical care in the state's 33 adult prisons...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 06, 2008 (boomark / email).