Australia’s prison population is ageing. But should inmates spend their final days shackled to a bed?

Before Mark Boughey can see his patients, he has to pass through several security measures: locked gates, metal detectors, an eye scan.

But once he’s inside the 40-bed hospital ward at Victoria’s Port Phillip Prison, Dr Boughey’s focus is on those preparing to die.

“As a person going there for the…