Between 1993 and 2013 America’s crime rate fell from around 52 crimes per 1,000 people to 23. Prisoners are entitled to health care, but it is often expensively and inefficiently delivered…
Day: May 26, 2018
Greybeards Behind Bars
Between 1993 and 2013 America’s crime rate fell from around 52 crimes per 1,000 people to 23. At the same time, largely because of America’s penchant for handing out long sentences, the number of people over 55 in state prisons rose from 26,300 to 131,500, and their share of the total more than tripled. According to the Osborne Association…
