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Dementia in Prison Is Turning into an Epidemic: The U.S. Penal System Is Badly Unprepared
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Dementia in Prison Is Turning into an Epidemic: The U.S. Penal System Is Badly Unprepared

By Sara Novak on September 27, 2022 Credit: Andy Sacks/Getty Images Terrell Carter remembers one prisoner in particular. They had both been seeking commutations of their life sentence so they could eventually apply for parole. But Carter says that in the midst of the process, his fellow inmate became so debilitated with dementia that the man could no longer...