Federal prisons lack resources to care for aging prisoners and should consider loosening requirements for their early release, a new Justice Department report says. The review by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General notes that prisoners over 50, the fastest-growing segment of the prison population from fiscal 2009 to 2013, are more costly to incarcerate than younger ones because of medical needs and are straining federal prison facilities and staff.

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