Aging in prison
Subtitle: the integration of research and practice
By: Martha H. Hurley
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781594609947
Subjects: Older prisoners
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.