6/4/2014 – Life After ‘Life': Aging Inmates Struggle For Redemption

There are more men like them growing old in the nation’s prisons than at any time in U.S. history. It’s the result of longer sentences and the elimination of parole. And the price tag is showing. It costs taxpayers $16 billion a year to house aging inmates, with their health care and special needs.

And experts say that by 2030, the number of aging prisoners will grow into the hundreds of thousands. States are facing costs in the billions.

Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).