An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 4, 2024
- April 3, 2024
- April 2, 2024
- April 1, 2024
- March 31, 2024
- March 30, 2024
- March 29, 2024
September 25, 2012 12:47 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/lCEd6VzWrhI/the-other-death-sentence-the.html
The Other Death Sentence: the cost of keeping very old men in prison
Mike Mechanic from Mother Jones shares a link to a new longread on the moral, practical, and financial costs ($16 billion a year) of keeping thousands of frail, infirm old men locked up in prison. The MoJo feature includes a powerful photo-essay. Mike says, In the piece, James Ridgeway shows how 100,000 Americans are now [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/lCEd6VzWrhI/the-other-death-sentence-the.html
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article