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Caging Old People: New Jersey’s Elder Incarceration Problem
The case of 84-year-old Sundiata Acoli, approaching his 49th year of incarceration, highlights New Jersey’s endless imprisonment of older people who pose no risk to public safety. A panel of experts on aging in prison, including two formerly incarcerated elders,discussed this wasteful and inhumane practice of the New Jersey prison system.
November 8, 2021
Sundiata News
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Sundiata Acoli, birth name Clark Squire, was convicted of first-degree murder of a State Trooper during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973.