Elderly In Prison Analysis

It is right for an elderly person to spend years to even a lifetime in prison? Apparently it seems appropriate to the United States. The elderly inmates are increasing rapidly as well as the cost of their health care. They become a burden in the prison's budget in addition to the citizens of this country. Many of these inmates are past 60 years old and dream of dying after being freed, however end up taking their last breath in a prison cell. Hill, Stella and Parker are examples of elderly in prison who are highly ill and continue to take more and more money while being incarceration under their conditions. Plutarcho Hill is 86 years old. Hill was charged with murder at the young age of 20, and sentenced with life. Sixty six years of

She has been behind bars for 13 years. She claims for her situation to be a “Kill or Get Kill” situation. She describes herself as a survivor. Not only is this affecting Stella but it also affects her family. She discuss how hard is to give her grandchildren a reason for committing the crime. Stella is having mental problems and suffering from many illnesses. Not be able to be with her family when and where she desires affects her health. Stella expectations of coming out of prison soon are very high. Sherman Parker, 100 year’s old prisoner missing one leg. He is being taken care of by another prisoner who has been trained. Sherman is serving 2 life sentences for killing 2 women when he was 82 years old. Parker has no chances of coming out of prison. Parker thinks he should be out of jail in the farm where he grew up. The pay for Parker will be up to 100,000 a year to even more. His age and disabilities makes him need more attention, and someone to help him do his

65 or older increased by 63 percent. There are now 26,200 prisoners age 65 or older. The number of US state and federal prisoners age 55 or older nearly quadrupled between 1995 and 2010, growing by 282 percent, while total number of prisoners grew by less than half, 42 percent. There are now 124,400 prisoners age 55 or older. As of 2010, 8 percent of the prisoner population was 55 or older, compared with 3 percent in 1995. The proportion of prisoners age 55 and over varied among individual states from 4.2 percent in Connecticut to 9.9 percent in Oregon. Fourteen percent of federal prisoners are age 51 or older. Statistics prove that the amount of elderly in prison keeps increasing. And keeps getting huge, and states must pay for them.

Having elderly in prison does not only affect the prisoner. It also affects the budget for the state. In my opinion, elderly should not be in prison after a specific age. After you have completed a certain time of punishment, you should be released. Hill, Stella and Parker should be individuals who have already completed a valid sentenced and should be considered according to their mental problems and disabilities. Today, many elderly are in prison and have problems taking care of themselves. Meanwhile, the state has to pay extra money for any problem a prisoner might have especially if it’s an