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Elderly
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Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
Federal Prisons Are A Terrible Place to Live and An Even Worse Place To Wait For Death!
I just finished reading a news story in the NY Times titled "Frail, Old and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is In A Coffin." It follows reporting…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: Listeria kills – especially the elderly
By Bill Marler
The European Food Safety Authority issued a report last week that European experts have noted an increasing trend in Europe of listeriosis since 2008, but they highlight that the number…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lameting modern parole practices while making a case that “Jailing Old Folks Makes No Sense”
Main August 30, 2016Lameting modern parole practices while making a case that "Jailing Old Folks Makes No Sense"The quoted title of this post is the headline of this new New…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Improving the Rep Payee Program
By rmorgan
Justice in Aging's June, 2016 issue brief focuses on needed improvements to Social Security's Representative Payee program. How SSA Can Improve the Representative Payee Program to Protect Vulnerable Seniors explains…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new BJS report on “Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993–2013”
Main May 19, 2016Notable new BJS report on "Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993–2013"As detailed in this official press release, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has just released this…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Victims Oppose California’s Elderly Parole Program
My colleague Becky Morgan shared a good item this week on statistics about the number of elderly inmates, with growth of needy inmates increasing the burden on state prisons.Another perspective…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Aging in Prison: Reducing Elder Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety”
Main November 17, 2015"Aging in Prison: Reducing Elder Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety"The title of this post is the title of this notable new report from published by the Center…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article On The History Of Old Age In The Age Of Medicaid
Mary Ann Case (Professor, University of Chicago School of Law) recently published an article entitled, When someday is today: carrying forward the history of old age and inheritance into the age…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Number of Older Prisoners Grows Rapidly, Threatening to Drive Up Prison Health Costs”
Main October 11, 2015"Number of Older Prisoners Grows Rapidly, Threatening to Drive Up Prison Health Costs"The title of this post is the title of this informative Stateline posting from The…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Nursing Homes in Prisons
By rmorgan
Last semester one of my students wrote a paper on the graying of prisons. So tThis article in Kaiser Health News (KHN), When Prisons Need To Be More Like Nursing…