Prisons struggling to deal with complex needs of elderly inmates

The costs of specialised care is rising alongside the ageing prison population.

STV News has been given special access to Glenochil Prison where they’re struggling to deal with the complex medical needs of prisoners in their 70s, 80s and 90s.

Social care staff work alongside regular wardens in the jail but the costs of that specialist care is rising as the country’s ageing prison population grows.

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