The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren’t built for what’s coming

The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren’t built for what’s coming 
NPR, by Meg Anderson; 3/12/24 
... "You don't usually build prisons with nursing home-type housing." The proportion of state and federal prisoners who are 55 or older is about five times what it was three decades ago. In 2022, that was more than 186,000 people. ... Prison systems across the U.S. have a constitutional obligation to provide adequate health care, and they’re racing to figure out how to care for the elderly in their custody — and how to pay for it.
Editor's Note: This article provides current data and focuses on nursing home type care. For depth information, pair this data with a clinical journal chapter, "Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Prison" - Aston, L. (2023). Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Prison. In: Brooke, J. (eds) Nursing in Prison. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30663-1_8