Hospice in Prison

Maine State Prison Hospice Room

The Main Public Broadcasting Network is doing a 3-part series on end-of-life care in prison.  Part one is available here.  

With a prison population in the United States of 1.6 million and many of these inmates getting older, end-of-life care options are a pressing issue. Just as prisoners, unlike the rest of us, have a Constitutional right to healthcare, they also have a Constitutional right to appropriate end-of-life care.