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Maine: New Law Allows Some Terminally Ill Inmates to Leave Prison Early

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

New Law Allows Some Terminally Ill Inmates to Leave Prison Early August 14, 2009 Reported By: Anne Ravana Today Gov. John Baldacci signed into law a bill that amends a few correctional programs. LD 1224, "An Act Regarding the Operation of County Jails and the State Board of Corrections," will allow terminally ill inmates to leave prison early if they do not pose a threat to public safety. And the law also expands domestic violence and sexual assault victim notification requirements. Originally Aired: 8/14/2009 5:30 PM Only about seven percent of Maine's jail and prison inmates are over the age of 55, but corrections officials say most of those older inmates are not in good health. "We see every type of sickness coming through, I think known, to man and that's why our pharmaceutical bill runs about $15,000 a month," says Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).