Why our jails struggle to handle ‘oldies’ like Ivan Milat

We have more prisoners and they're living longer
Jocelyn Wright
Ivan Milat
Serial killer Ivan Milat is taken to hospital. Photo: Channel 7.

Last month, one of Australia’s serial killers resurfaced.

His once-thick black handlebar moustache was now wispy and white, and there were cuffs chaining him by the ankle to his wheelchair.