New pallitive care unit offers dignity, respect to ailing prisoners
(WorldNews Health)

STOCKTON — The inmate lay motionless in bed, his eyes closed, unaware of the group gathered outside his cell.The pigment on his face was all but gone leaving just pale, wrinkled skin under an all-white beard.Charles Russ, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, sat by the inmate’s bedside trying to give the dying man some comfort. They’re very appreciative, he would later say of the companionship he offers fellow prisoners. ......