Inmates who get convicted for life in prison comes with factors that affect the population of those incarcerated. Prisoners sentenced to a life time affects in several ways for instance, it increases the number of elderly inmates, the number of inmates with HIV, as well as mentally ill inmates, and most importantly long time-term prisoners. Personally, I recall the last time I visited a family friend in prison about five years ago. I noticed there was several elderly prisoners and according to my friend they were serving a life sentence in prison. Furthermore, I am aware that the elderly community does require medical care services as well as governmental and social service assistance due to the fact that when you’re over the age of fifty health
