Sure, across the nation, health care costs are still rising. But there's one place where it's really skyrocketing: Behind bars.
State spending on prisoner health care increased in 42 states between 2001 and 2008, with a median growth of 52 percent, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
That's an all-time high.
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