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Fault Lines - Dying Inside: Elderly in prison

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Uploaded on Jun 7, 2010

The US' massive prison population is getting older.

Long sentences that were handed out decades ago are catching up with the American justice system.

Prisons across the country are dedicating entire units just to house the elderly.

During difficult economic times, the issue has hit a crisis point. Estimates are that locking up an older inmate costs three times as much as a younger one.

How are prisons dealing with this issue? Who are the prisoners that are turning gray behind bars?

Josh Rushing gains exclusive and unprecedented access to jails and prisons across the country to tell the story.

People featured in this film include: Justin Jones, Kevin Bartley, Plutarcho Hill, Lewis Young, Edward Sottile, Larry White, Seth Anderson, and Estella Jackson

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See all episodes of Fault Lines: http://www.youtube.com/show/faultlines
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  • themangodess

    Revenge is a selfish form of punishment that wastes money and does nothing to better society. That's a fact.

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  • marcomako100

    these inmates that are elderly should be allowed to be cared for by their families. they pose no immediate threat and would recoup hundred of thousands of dollars.

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  • vitalislaci01

    Fuck ya madda Al Jazeera! Trash people...

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  • AdamDBurnham

    No sympathy, if you don't want to end up living here, don't murder someone, simple as.

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  • tom west

    Anyone can kill another human being given the right circumstances, they are still people which is what too many people forget or are incapable of understanding.

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  • tom west

    You sound like the kind of person who belongs in there.

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  • DriftyAlison0

    The prisoner should have thought about that before they did the crime.

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  • Ariel ASMR

    id cut their eyes out. think abt their victims.....and what they did to all those families. id chuck 'em in a pit full of rabid rottweilers

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  • throe68

    Not a bad idea; interesting thought. It would empower the victim's family to be a deciding factor; not just an "impact statement" that means little or nothing during the sentencing phase.

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