Aging Prison Population Strains Corrections Budget - Oklahoma Watch

Aging Prison Population Strains Corrections Budget - Oklahoma Watch

Picture a prison yard in a Hollywood blockbuster. There’s a fenced-in field where young men lift weights and play basketball on a hot summer day. Correctional officers look on from a guard tower ready to sniff out any disturbance.In Oklahoma, a more accurate image might be a group of gray-haired men standing in a pill line or a dialysis patient struggling to get out of bed and use the restroom. Nearly one in six Oklahoma prisoners was 55 or olde…