Academically speaking the singular greatest thing that was taken away this semester is the conditions and situations of the current aging and elderly prison populations in the United Sates corrections system The specialty populations that consist of the elderly which in essences if forcing the states to address the special and particular segment of the prison population Needless to say as the human body progresses with age so to the afflictions that culminate with these afflictions, from the medical, to the mental health care of these people Some would argue that projects and programs that are put into place are excessive, extravagant, or even a type of privilege at tax payer expense that is not afforded to the average citizen, but any real
