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Millions spent on Ohio's ailing, aging

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Millions spent on Ohio's ailing, aging inmates BY JESSICA ALAIMO ? CentralOhio.com ? March 29, 2010 COLUMBUS -- Lawrence Reynolds overdosed on pills March 7. The Ohio State Penitentiary inmate was rushed to a Youngstown hospital. After nine days and thousands of dollars' worth of care, he was taken to Lucasville -- and executed. You paid for the whole process, from his 24-hour surveillance when he took the pills to his hospital stay to his lethal injection. While the circumstances were unique, the fact Reynolds received extensive health care behind bars was not. Although universal health care for Americans is a hot topic for debate, it's a given for the 50,783 inmates in Ohio's state prison system. Ohioans spent $212.5 million on inmate health care last year, according to data from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).