The Forgotten Convicts: A Crisis of Compassion in America's Prisons American prisons are overflowing with convicts deemed too sick or frail to serve out their sentences, yet many languish behind bars despite being granted compassionate release.
This policy failure has twofold consequences: prisoners endure prolonged suffering and taxpayers bear the escalating cost.
Christian Alameda, for example, was granted early release after a debilitating stroke left him paralyzed on one side.