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Interesting review of medical furloughs from Alabama's prisons

By Douglas A. Berman

This story from today's Montgomery Advertiser, which is headlined "It's tough for terminally ill inmates to receive medical furloughs in Alabama," provides an effective review of how one state is dealing with the challenging intersection of health care and prisons costs.  Here are some excerpts: Almost a year ago Alabama passed a law that would allow terminally ill inmates a chance to die at home and, it was hoped, save the state a little money. But the eligibility criteria for the new medical furlough are so strict that it could be a long time before the state Department of Corrections sees significant savings. When Alabama passed its law last year, it became one of 36 states to provide a medical furlough for incapacitated or terminally ill inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 23, 2009 (boomark / email).