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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf
In the early 1990's, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation's first licensed hospice units inside a prison. This 17-bed unit serves inmates from all over the state who are approaching the end of their lives. A few are let out early on compassionate release. Many are there until they die.
Today's podcast is part one of a two-part podcast where we spend a day at CMF, a medium security prison located about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, and the hospice unit housed inside its walls.
We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the…
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