US Politics
America's Growing Prison Crisis: Warehousing Our Elderly
America's prison population is rapidly aging, with people 55 and over now making up nearly 1 in 6 prisoners—a fourfold increase since 2000—and projected to reach one-third by 2030. This heartbreaking crisis reveals how our punitive justice system is failing both human dignity and fiscal responsibility by warehousing elderly individuals who pose minimal risk to society.
