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| Examining Geriatric Parole in VA |
| By hamptonroads.com |
| Published: 03/01/2010 |
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The budget crisis sent the Virginia Department of Corrections scrambling for money to mothball a new, $100 million prison in Grayson County it can't afford to open. In the past year and a half, the department has closed six of its 50 facilities, and the number of prison-bound inmates backed up in local jails rose from 1,438 to more than 4,000 as room was made to squeeze in 1,000 rent-paying Pennsylvania prisoners. The state has had a largely unused mechanism to ease the burden since 1994 -- geriatric parole. An estimated 1,000 Virginia inmates will be eligible this year, but only 15 such paroles ever have been granted. Officials cite several reasons for its sparing use, among them the parole board's concern that although many older inmates use walkers and wheelchairs, 85 percent of those 65 and older were convicted of violent crimes. Nevertheless, inmates are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, and inmate medical costs -- now more than $138 million a year -- will increase as the prison population ages. Read More. |
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