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| Dealing with aging prison population |
| By heraldonline.com |
| Published: 08/27/2014 |
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Keeping prisoners locked up is always expensive but even more so when inmates are senior citizens suffering from the infirmities that come with old age. And if South Carolina doesn’t find ways to reduce its aging prison population, those graying inmates are going to be an increasing burden on taxpayers. According to a recent report by The (Columbia) State, the number of inmates in S.C. prisons aged 55 or older has more than doubled over the past decade. At the end of June, one in every 11 inmates was 55 or older, with many slated to spend the rest of their lives behind bars. South Carolina spends an average of more than $18,000 annually, including federal money, to house an individual inmate. And it costs about twice as much to house a prisoner over 50 as it does the average prisoner, according to a study by the American Civil Liberties Union. Read More. |
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