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| Study: Mass. Has The Highest Percentage Of Inmates Over 55 |
| By wbur.org- Deborah Becker |
| Published: 10/19/2017 |
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Massachusetts has the highest percentage of inmates over age 55 in the country, according to a new national study. The study, from the Pew Charitable Trusts, finds that more than 14 percent of Massachusetts inmates are over the age of 55. And the state spends more than $8,900 per inmate per year on health care. Maria Schiff, senior officer in correctional health for Pew, says some of the reasons behind an aging national inmate population are longer sentences that were given in the 1980s and a rise in the number of older people now entering prison. Read More. |
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