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"The System Abuses Us by Locking Us Up Forever": Aging Survivors Behind Bars by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout On October 6, 2016, 15-year-old Bresha Meadows will appear in an Ohio family court for the death of her abusive father. Meadows had spent a lifetime watching her father hit, …
Publication • September 9, 2016
Old Behind Bars Report on Elderly in Prison, Human Rights Watch, 2012 H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H OLD BEHIND BARS The Aging Prison Population in the United States Old Behind Bars The Aging Prison Population in the United States …
ACLU Report on Elderly Prisoners Calls for Common-Sense Reform by Taxpayers haven't thus far been persuaded by their sense or compassion to think twice about imprisoning nonviolent, elderly offenders. So the American Civil Liberties Union, in a June 2012 report on the mass incarceration of the elderly, has elucidated the …
Report Finds Abuse of Blind, Deaf, Elderly and Disabled Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke The Prison Justice League (PJL), a group advocating prison reform in Texas, released a report entitled Cruel & Unusual Punishment: Excessive Use of Force at the Estelle Unit. The report found that blind, deaf, elderly and …
Article • August 25, 2016
Forced to Die Alone – A Lonely Bed to Substitute God and Family by An epidemic is slowly taking root throughout the United States prison system. As of 2010, State and federal prisons house more than 26,000 inmates 65+ years old and nearly five times that number 55 and up.1 …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Law Allows for Release Consideration for Kentucky Prisoner after 54 Years by David Reutter A new law is giving the hope of parole to aged Kentucky prisoner s. Amongst those is prisoner Willie Gaines Smith, who has served 54 years in prison. Kentucky legislators approved a program that allows …
Report Finds Fiscal Crisis of Increasing Low-Risk, High-Cost Older Prisoners by Matthew Clarke A report released by the Osborne Association found American prisons facing a crisis of aging in which an increasing percentage of older prisoners who are at low risk for recidivism are driving up the cost of running …
The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly, ACLU 2012 At A m e r i c a’ s E x p e n s e : The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly At Ame r i ca’s E x p en se: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly June 2012 At …
Number of State Prisoners Age 55 and Over Increased 400% in 20 Years by Derek Gilna Although much of the attention concerning the huge increase in America’s prison population has focused on the federal prison system, a new U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) report found that the number of prisoners …
Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Mary Ziman already had debilitating fibromyalgia and, unable to work, was on permanent disability. Then she was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, charges she says …
No Place for Old Men by Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. by Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer Benito Alonzo is a short, 140-pound 80-year-old. His quiet-spoken manner, drooping jowls and gray hair, trimmed in a buzz, give him the appearance …
Publication • March 9, 2016
BOP Compassionate Release Program, OIG, 2013 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Evaluation and Inspections Division The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Compassionate Release Program April 2013 I-2013-006 EXECUTIVE DIGEST In the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Congress authorized the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • October 16, 2015
94% Increase in Elderly Prisoners Fuels Medical Care Cost Spike by 52% by Mark Wilson 94% Increase in Elderly Prisoners Fuels Medical Care Cost Spike by 52% by Mark Wilson According to a report by The Pew Charitable Trust, healthcare costs increased by an average of 52 percent in 42 …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
BOP Criticized for Denying Most Compassionate Release Requests by BOP Criticized for Denying Most Compassionate Release Requests The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is operating under revised guidelines intended to expand the circumstances under which federal prisoners can seek a reduction in their sentences through the agency’s Compassionate Release Program, …
Publication • November 1, 2014
On Life Support: Public Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Vera Inst., 2014 VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE On Life Support: Public Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration NOVEMBER 2014 David Cloud FROM THE PRESIDENT Vera’s Justice Reform for Healthy Communities initiative aims to improve the health and well-being …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Reports on Elderly Prisoners Spur Call for Reforms by Reports on Elderly Prisoners Spur Call for Reforms   An increasing number of advocacy groups are calling for reforms in the wake of three reports that found the nation’s aging prison population is reaching record levels at growing expense to taxpayers, …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Cancellation of BOP Elderly Offender Pilot Program Moots Appeal by Michael Brodheim Cancellation of BOP Elderly Offender Pilot Program Moots Appeal   by Michael Brodheim   On July 11, 2013, in an amended ruling, the Ninth Circuit dismissed as moot the appeal of a federal prisoner who had been denied …
Risk Assessment Cannot Solve Systemic Injustice of Prisons by Glenn E. Martin by Glenn E.Martin, Truthout After 40 years of waging a failed war on crime in poor communities, conservative and progressive policy makers finally are being compelled to release the pressure valve and find ways to reform our troubled criminal …
Elder Abuse in Prisons: The Call for Elder Justice and Human Rights Protections Behind Bars by Tina Maschi by Tina Maschi, Ph.D., LCSW, ACSW “Prison is a hard place. Pure Hell! As long as you are in khaki, you are considered non-human. The elder suffer the most because there isn’t …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Despite Budget Crunch, Texas Rarely Grants Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Faced with a $23 billion shortfall in its 2011-2012 budget, Texas officials nevertheless have refused to take advantage of a potential money-saver: paroling state prisoners who are elderly, infirm or terminally ill, who pose little threat …
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