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aging in prison

The Memory Disorder Unit at Federal Medical Center Devens is the first federal facility built to house incarcerated people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. According to Timothy Doherty, a senior officer specialist who helps run the unit, approximately 90 percent of the unit’s population “don’t know what they did. Some of them […]

Seven Days in Solitary

The Agony of Living with Dementia Behind Bars…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

August 16, 2023

News & Features

The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 26, 2012

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