Roughly 30% of California’s prison population is past age 50– and that number is increasing every year.

It costs 2-3x more to incarcerate an elderly person compared to the general population. That is an annual cost of $255,000–$383,00 per elderly person.

What are the unseen costs of aging in prison?

Thank you:

UC Berkeley Law Policy Clinic

California Coalition for Women Prisoners

Uncommon Law

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  • Colby Lenz
  • Mychal Macias
  • Devan Shea
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