the united states gives out longer sentences than any other place on the face of the earth. europe looks at us like we don t know what we re doing - looks at us like we re crazy. open nine. in this special investigation, fault lines gains unprecedented and exclusive access to prisons across the united states and discovers a booming population of elderly inmates. we ask: what s the true cost of america s lock em-up-and-throw-away-the- key approach to justice? i heard him fall. inmates call this the death house. the geriatric unit at the joseph harp correctional center in lexington, oklahoma, holds more than 250 elderly and disabled offenders. it was created 3 years ago in response to a massive explosion in oklahoma s elderly prison population. our fastest growing segment is the inmates that are the age of 50 and over. we have about 3,700 now - that s grown almost 200 percent in the last decade - and projections are we re gonna continue to grow about 45 percent a
the united states gives out longer sentences than any other place on the face of the earth. europe looks at us like we don t know what we re doing - looks at us like we re crazy. open nine. in this special investigation, fault lines gains unprecedented and exclusive access to prisons across the united states and discovers a booming population of elderly inmates. we ask: what s the true cost of america s lock em-up-and-throw-away-the- key approach to justice? i heard him fall. inmates call this the death house. the geriatric unit at the joseph harp correctional center in lexington, oklahoma, holds more than 250 elderly and disabled offenders. it was created 3 years ago in response to a massive explosion in oklahoma s elderly prison population. our fastest growing segment is the inmates that are the age of 50 and over. we have about 3,700 now - that s grown almost 200 percent in the last decade - and projections are we re gonna continue to grow about 45 percent a
the united states gives out longer sentences than any other place on the face of the earth. europe looks at us like we don t know what we re doing - looks at us like we re crazy. open nine. in this special investigation, fault lines gains unprecedented and exclusive access to prisons across the united states and discovers a booming population of elderly inmates. we ask: what s the true cost of america s lock em-up-and-throw-away-the- key approach to justice? i heard him fall. inmates call this the death house. the geriatric unit at the joseph harp correctional center in lexington, oklahoma, holds more than 250 elderly and disabled offenders. it was created 3 years ago in response to a massive explosion in oklahoma s elderly prison population. our fastest growing segment is the inmates that are the age of 50 and over. we have about 3,700 now - that s grown almost 200 percent in the last decade - and projections are we re gonna continue to grow about 45 percent a
alive. the united states gives out longer sentences than any other place on the face of the earth. europe looks at us like we don t know what we re doing - looks at us like we re crazy. open nine. in this special investigation, fault lines gains unprecedented and exclusive access to prisons across the united states and discovers a booming population of elderly inmates. we ask: what s the true cost of america s lock em-up-and-throw-away-the- key approach to justice? i heard him fall. inmates call this the death house. the geriatric unit at the joseph harp correctional center in lexington, oklahoma, holds more than 250 elderly and disabled offenders. it was created 3 years ago in response to a massive explosion in oklahoma s elderly prison population. our fastest growing segment is the inmates that are the age of 50 and over. we have about 3,700 now - that s grown almost 200 percent in the last decade - and projections are we re gonna continue to grow about 45 per
the united states gives out longer sentences than any other place on the face of the earth. europe looks at us like we don t know what we re doing - looks at us like we re crazy. open nine. in this special investigation, fault lines gains unprecedented and exclusive access to prisons across the united states and discovers a booming population of elderly inmates. we ask: what s the true cost of america s lock em-up-and-throw-away-the- key approach to justice? i heard him fall. inmates call this the death house. the geriatric unit at the joseph harp correctional center in lexington, oklahoma, holds more than 250 elderly and disabled offenders. it was created 3 years ago in response to a massive explosion in oklahoma s elderly prison population. our fastest growing segment is the inmates that are the age of 50 and over. we have about 3,700 now - that s grown almost 200 percent in the last decade - and projections are we re gonna continue to grow about 45 percent a