Aging Prisoners Make Up Fastest Growing Segment Of Nation’s Prison Population | Life After Life: Offering Dignity to Fellow Prisoners Through Hospice Care

VACAVILLE, CA – John Gillis (the prisoner’s name has been changed at his request), age 73, grimmaces while an open wound — a development due to terminal colon cancer — is treated by fellow prisoner and hospice care worker JP Madrona, in the hospice care wing of California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, California. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)