Elderly residents are unlikely to reoffend and more costly to keep jailed, but few are eligible for an existing compassionate release program. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Criminal justice ...

NEW YORK (AP) – In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates _ with their high rates of illness and ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early release from prison. Those backing a set of proposed reforms ...

Japan's prisons are feeling the strain from the country's aging population.

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Attorneys for Death Row inmate Samuel Smithers on Friday appealed to the Florida Supreme Court after a circuit judge rejected arguments that the 72-year-old inmate’s scheduled ...

ANNAPOLIS–Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early release from prison. Those backing a set of proposed reforms argue ...

ANNAPOLIS–Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early release from prison. Those backing a set of proposed reforms argue ...