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Aging inmates strain Georgia prisons with rising costs
Prisons face a growing elderly inmate population fueled by harsh 1980s and 1990s sentencing, raising health care costs. In Georgia and across the South, inmates 55 and older rose sharply, outpacing overall prison growth and stressing state budgets with age related needs and housing expenses.
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Alan Adams
Georgia Department of Corrections
Justice Department
Souther
Souther Legislative Conference
National Conference of State Legislatures
U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Southern Center For Human Rights
Ramaltan
California