‘It’s Where We’re at Right Now’: US Prison System Struggling to Keep Up with Growing Need for Palliative Care
Hospice News
AUGUST 9, 2023
The population that is over 55 — considered geriatric inside prisons because people’s life spans are much shorter there — is nearly one-third of the prison population,” Gorlock told local news. It is because of the amount of life without parole, life and lengthy sentences that are being handed out.
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