A guard wheels death row inmate Robert Foley, 55, into a visiting room Oct. 26 at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky. As with other states, Kentucky's death row prisoners are aging, raising medical costs that the state must pay.

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A guard wheels death row inmate Robert Foley, 55, into a visiting room Oct. 26 at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky. As with other states, Kentucky's death row prisoners are aging, raising medical costs that the state must pay.

Aging inmates increase care costs

By Brett Barrouquere

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EDDYVILLE, Ky. – Randy Haight wakes every morning to sore hands and a creaking body. The 59-year-old blames the pain on arthritis – something that he describes as rampant at his home for the last 17 years – Kentucky’s death row.

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