Mercy or money: How to grapple with a rapidly aging prison population - MR Online
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Research shows people often “age out” of crime, and health care costs are ballooning. But still, many states oppose releasing elderly prisoners.

An incarcerated man sits in his wheelchair, reading a newspaper in his cell block at California State Prison, Solano in Vacaville, California, in 2013. ANDREW BURTON/GETTY IMAGES

Research shows people often “age out” of crime, and health care costs are ballooning. But still, many states oppose releasing elderly prisoners.

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