Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults

Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults

Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images (MIDDLESEX, Mass.) — To step inside the Older Adult Re-Entry unit, or OAR, at the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, jail is unlike entering any jail in the United States. The walls are adorned in a soothing paint color, and there is fitness equipment, specially designed beds in cell units, better lighting so older inmates do not fall and a puzzle-making table to “stimulate the mind cogniti…

Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults - The Pulse of NH

Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images(MIDDLESEX, Mass.) -- To step inside the Older Adult Re-Entry unit, or OAR, at the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, jail is unlike entering any jail in the United States.The walls are adorned in ...

Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults - Connect FM | Local News Radio | Dubois, PA

(MIDDLESEX, Mass.) — To step inside the Older Adult Re-Entry unit, or OAR, at the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, jail is unlike entering any jail in the United States. The walls are adorned in a soothing paint color, and there is fitness equipment, specially designed beds […]