Rachel Bedard

The Aging of the US Prison Population: A Public Health Crisis

May, 2022: Jonathan S. Bor, HealthAffairs.org (Health Affairs, vol 41, no.5)

Incarcerated for thirty-eight years, Jose Saldaña was released from prison at age 66. Today he leads the New York City–based Release Aging People in Prison, a grassroots organization dedicated to parole reform.

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On Rikers Island, a Doctor Who Tends to the Oldest and Sickest

November 12, 2021: Ted Alcorn, New York Times

Dr. Rachael Bedard, director of Geriatrics and Complex Care Services for NYC’s jail system, outside North Infirmary Command at Rikers Island (Credit: Brittainy Newman for The New York Times)

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