Tag: elderly inmates
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Sun Feb 17, 2013 at 08:53:00 AM EST
Tags: elderly inmates (all tags)
Posted on Sun Feb 17, 2013 at 08:53:00 AM EST
Tags: elderly inmates (all tags)
The Denver Post has a moving article about Colorado's inmate Hospice program and inmates serving as caregivers.
In a prison where executioners once administered a poison cocktail to condemned men, nurses now feed morphine into the arms of the dying for their comfort. Men convicted of brutal crimes minister to the physical needs of the ill and elderly, and sometimes find redemption in the role of caretaker.
Our elderly prison population, with its increased medical costs, keeps growing exponentially. [More...]
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