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| AL: Growing number of elderly |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/15/2007 |
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - Alabama's elderly inmate population has nearly tripled over the past decade, continuing to put a strain on the prison healthcare budget and flummoxing officials who have been trying to get a hold on the problem for years. According to a report done for the Southern Legislative Conference, Alabama has 3,588 elderly inmates, a 193 percent increase from the 1,223 elderly inmates in the state in 1997. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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