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Prisoners in US suffering dementia may hit 200,000 within the next decade – many won't even know why they are behind bars

  • Written by Rachel Lopez, Associate Professor of Law, Drexel University
Prisoners in US suffering dementia may hit 200,000 within the next decade – many won't even know why they are behind barsAn inmate at California Men's Colony prison.Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Prison officials are bracing for a silver tsunami that will flood correctional facilities with elderly and often vulnerable prisoners.

Like the rest of the United States population, the prison population is aging fast. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2030, people over the...

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