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50 Gonz. L. Rev. 43 (2014-2015)
Should Elderly Criminal Be Punished for Being Prisoners of the Mind: An Analysis of Criminals with Alzheimer's Disease

handle is hein.journals/gonlr50 and id is 59 raw text is: SHOULD ELDERLY CRIMINALS BE PUNISHED FOR BEING PRISONERS OF THE MIND? AN ANALYSIS OF CRIMINALS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Yelena Yukhvid * TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 43 PART I ALZHEIMER'S: THE DISEASE ................................................... 45 PART II WHEN PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S COMMIT CRIMES .................. 48 PART III PRISONERS WITH ALZHEIMER'S ................................................ 50 PART IV CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ARGUMENTS ................................ 54 PART V COMPASSIONATE RELEASE ....................................................... 61 PART VI OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ................................................. 68 A. Options for Individuals with Alzheimer's Before Sentencing ....... 69 B. Alternatives for Prisoners with Alzheimer's ............................. 70 C O N CLU SIO N .................................................................................................. 74 INTRODUCTION Alzheimer's respects no boundaries. It doesn't care ifsomeone is rich or poor, a man or a woman-or behind the bars of a cell. -1 The rising life expectancy in the United States has resulted in social, economic, and health problems in our society.2 For instance, Alzheimer's, • J.D. Candidate, Rutgers School of Law- Newark, May 2015. B.A., Boston University- 2012. 1. Sheryl Ubelacker, Program trains inmate caregivers to watch over aging prisoners with dementia, CITYNEWS (Mar. 29, 2011, 9:26PM), http://www.citynews.ca/ 2011/03/29/program-trains-inmate-caregivers-to-watch-over-aging-prisoners-with- dementia/. 2. See Patricia Sullivan, U.S. life expectancy on the rise, but progress lags global peers', WASHINGTON POST, July 10, 2013, available at http://articles.washington post.com/2013-07-1 0/national/40485542 1 health-issues-american-health-health-research; Sarah McDaniel, The Costs of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease and the Federal Benefits Dilemma, 113 W. VA. L. REV. 133, 149 (2010).

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