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Other states have looked to Connecticut’s example and are considering similar nursing homes of their own. Kentucky is considering opening a private nursing home for geriatric prisoners. Georgia has also proposed opening a private nursing home for those with a criminal record. But critics of that plan note that it would be run by a private prison companywhose owner has overseen many of the state’s executions.
There’s an obvious incentive to such programs: if prisons move inmates out of their medical wards and into a non-correctional nursing home, they can get the federal government to pay for their care through Medicaid reimbursements rather than coming out of state coffers.