Title: Aging in prison : the integration of research and practice /
Authors: Hurley, Martha Henderson.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Prisons organization & administration; Health Status; Aged; Health Care Costs; Prisoners; Older prisoners United States.; Aged.; Cost-Benefit Analysis; United States; United States
Abstract: Explores the costs and benefits of keeping aging inmates incarcerated during their most medically expensive yet least crime-prone years. The text concludes by examining what can be done in terms of policy options, sentencing options and programs to improve the outlook for this aging inmate population and proposes that a philosophical 'Ethic of Care' approach be implemented to guide both present and future practices.
Contents: Why study long-term and elderly prisoners? -- Who are the long-term inmates? What are the costs? What are their needs? -- Who are the elderly inmates? What are the costs? What are their needs? --Medical health issues -- Mental health needs -- Victimization -- Programs and sentencing options -- An ethic of care.