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The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it?
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2012
by James Ridgeway
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2012, page 22
The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend
Filed under:
Geriatric Classification,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Expenses,
Sentencing.
Locations:
Massachusetts,
United States of America.
their final years in prison. Can we afford it?
by James Ridgeway
William “Lefty” Gilday had been in prison 40 years when the dementia began to set in. At 82, he was already suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease ...
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- Vietnam Pardons 10,244 Prisoners but Few Dissidents, by Derek Gilna
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- Under Fire, the Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits its Use of Solitary Confinement - and Buys a New Supermax Prison, Dec. 15, 2013
- Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash with Prison Reform, June 15, 2013
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- God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path, June 15, 2012
- No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons, June 15, 2012
- The Graying of America’s Prisons, Dec. 15, 2010
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