Striking photos by Tim Gruber give an inside look at our nation's growing elderly prisoner population. A new ACLU report examines the problem and offers practical solutions to address the dramatic and costly growth in the number of elderly prisoners.
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An elderly prisoner spends the final stages of his life in prison hospice care. The man died later that afternoon and was buried in the prison cemetery. |
Charlie Coffey, 65, is fed his lunch. He has been in prison for over 30 years. |
Charles Webb, 74, shields his eyes from light. Webb is losing his sight. He has been in prison for 17 years. |
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A prison nurse helps Charles Webb, 74, into bed. Webb has been in prison for 17 years. |
A prison nurse helps Charles Webb, 74, shave after a shower. Webb has been prison for 17 years. |
Shirley Goode, 73, sits outside of the prison nursing care unit. "This place is going to kill me. I'll be lucky if I make it out of here alive," Goode would say day after day. |
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Albert Caroll, 74, uses a walker during his physical therapy in prison. |
Albert Caroll, 74, is admitted to the hospital for care beyond what the prison could provide. |
John Foote, 69, stares out the window from his prisonbed. Foote fell out of his bed after having a stroke. Foote has been in prison since 2003. |
