Prisons cope with graying population
China Daily | Updated: 2018-03-15 07:38
TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A gaunt 92-year-old man in a wheelchair sunbathes in a narrow courtyard, motionless, his eyes closed. Nearby, a few dozen other elderly men with short gray hair exercise slowly as an instructor gently calls out: "Don't strain yourselves."
The man in the wheelchair is not in a nursing home.
He is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder and rape. The others nearby are serving time for serious crimes too, including murder.
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