Aging and Incarceration with Celeste Barry, The Sentencing Project, and Jose Saldana, Release Aging People in Prison
Cheryl Beversdorf / Aging Matters (podcast) — In the United States, the federal government and every state enforces sentencing laws that incarcerate people for lengths that will exceed, or likely exceed, the span of a person's natural life. The large number of people serving life sentences raises critical questions about moral, financial, and justice-related consequences that must be addressed by the nation as well as the states. Today, my guests are Celeste Barry, program associate of The Sentencing Project and José Saldaña, director of an organization called Release Aging People in Prison...