An inside look at
the forgotten
prison population.
Under federal
court order to
reduce
overcrowding in
state prisons,
California is now
releasing tho
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An inside look at the forgotten prison population.
Under federal court order to reduce overcrowding in state prisons, California is now releasing thousands of prisoners or transferring them to county jails. But the rapidly aging and dying prisoners confined to state prison hospices are often left behind. As many as 3,300 inmates in the U.S. die in prison every year.
