I’m starting to see a pattern in these New York parole proceedings. I think they’re letting these people out of prison right around the time they reach the 65-70 age range ... because they don’t want the state to cover their health care costs in their old age.
Makes sense. Old people are expensive.
Bingo. It’s a pattern I’ve seen before when I was in corrections. Prisoner develops intractable and expensive illness? Prisoner is given parole/compassionate discharge. One guy was on life support in a vegetative state and the family was all for keeping him on it indefinitely...until the state discharged his sentence. When they were on the hook for his medical costs they changed their minds with alacrity.
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That was my first thought.
Especially if they suspect Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s or anything else which wastes people away across a period of years.
“I’m starting to see a pattern in these New York parole proceedings. I think they’re letting these people out of prison right around the time they reach the 65-70 age range ... because they don’t want the state to cover their health care costs in their old age.”
Yes, absolutely. NY Pol’s are very concerned with containing government spending. /sarc
You are correct.
Simply cost shifting. Either way, the taxpayer will pay her living expenses and her healthcare.