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What life will be like for Bill Cosby in SCI Phoenix state prison

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmy Worden, press secretary for the state Department of Corrections, said that new inmates go through an evaluation process that lasts between weeks and months to determine which prison is best suited for each inmate. They evaluate the inmate’s needs and programs, along with his health issues, she said.
The state prison system has geriatric inmates, and most of their prisons are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are also varying degrees of medical facilities across the system. For example, SCI Laurel Highlands offers nursing home-like care for inmates that need it and can even do dialysis on site.
At his sentencing on Monday, Cosby’s defense attorneys worried that Cosby’s age, vision impairment and declining health could make him a target.

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