- Senate bill 599 will allow medically frail prisoners to be released on medical parole.
- The bill has added changes from a bill passed in 2019 that changes the definition of what a medically frail person is and the places they can go.
- Video show community leaders discussing the impacts it could have on our neighbors.
“Is this the right setting for someone to be in if they have that type of medical frailty?”
A bill on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office will allow prisoners deemed medically frail to get treatment outside of prisons. Leaders in our community talked about the impacts it will have for our neighbors.
“This is going to get worse if it isn’t addressed.”
Jazmine Wells advocates for prison reform with Safe and Just Michigan.
“Medically frail people are, by definition, people who are terminally ill or mentally or physically incapacitated,” Wells said.
She says that due to the increasing number of medically frail inmates due to age, state prisons will need to use more of the general fund to treat and care for weak inmates.