Aging Prisoners' Concerns toward Dying in Prison

Aday, Ronald H.

doi:10.2190/chtd-yl7t-r1rr-lhmn

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“…The disease burden of older prisoners is comparable to what is known from available studies [29,30]. Since the older group has on average lived in prison for double the amount of time, one might be quick to assume that the higher disease burden is due to the time effect.…”

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confidence: 58%

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Ageing Prisoners' Disease Burden: Is Being Old a Better Predictor than Time Served in Prison?

Wangmo¹,

Meyer

Handtke³

et al. 2014

Gerontology

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Background: The number of older prisoners entering and ageing in prison has increased in the last few decades. Ageing prisoners pose unique challenges to the prison administration as they have differentiated social, custodial and healthcare needs than prisoners who are younger and relatively healthier. Objective: The goal of this study was to explore and compare the somatic disease burden of old and young prisoners, and to examine whether it can be explained by age group and/or time served in prison. Methods: Access to prisoner medical records was granted to extract disease and demographic information of older (>50 years) and younger (≤49 years) prisoners in different Swiss prisons. Predictor variables included the age group and the time spent in prison. The dependent variable was the total number of somatic diseases as reported in the medical records. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics and a negative binomial model. Results: Data of 380 male prisoners from 13 different prisons in Switzerland reveal that the mean ages of older and younger prisoners were 58.78 and 34.26 years, respectively. On average, older prisoners have lived in prison for 5.17 years and younger prisoners for 2.49 years. The average total number of somatic diseases reported by older prisoners was 2.26 times higher than that of prisoners below 50 years of age (95% CI 1.77-2.87, p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study is the first of its kind to capture national disease data of prisoners with a goal of comparing the disease burden of older and younger prisoners. Study findings indicate that older inmates suffer from more somatic diseases and that the number of diseases increases with age group. Results clearly illustrate the poorer health conditions of those who are older, their higher healthcare burden, and raises questions related to the provision of healthcare for inmates growing old in prison.

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“…Aday [29] and Deaton et al [30] pointed out that older prisoners report suffering from 3-4 chronic conditions. Baillargeon et al [24] explored the prevalence of major diseases using a cohort of 170,215 prisoners between 1997 and 1998.…”

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Ageing Prisoners' Disease Burden: Is Being Old a Better Predictor than Time Served in Prison?

Wangmo¹,

Meyer

Handtke³

et al. 2014

Gerontology

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“…Age cut-offs in other publications range from 45 to 70 years, or even higher (Aday, 2005;Gallagher, 2001;Howse, 2003;Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, KotterGrühn, & Smith, 2008). Researchers in favor of using lower age thresholds refer to the consequences of a harsher lifestyle characterized by a lifetime of adverse events, e.g., substance abuse, malnutrition, and unhealthy housing.…”

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Older offenders deemed criminally irresponsible in Flanders (Belgium): Descriptive results from a retrospective case note study

Smet

Keyzer

Donder

et al. 2016

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

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“…The community reunification of older people with their families also is a critical issue. The collateral consequences of incarceration, such as lack of access to family contact, housing, healthcare, employment, and social security and benefits, make it challenging for older adults to readjust, especially those with longer or life prison terms (Aday, 2005;Higgins & Severson, 2009;. Individual prisons, states, and countries can use these guidelines to determine to what extent their programming addresses quality of life and safety for their aging prison population.…”

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The Social Determinants of Health and Justice and the Aging in Prison Crisis: A Call for Human Rights Action

Maschi

Aday²

2014

IJSW

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The rapid growth of the incarceration of aging people in prison across the globe is particularly problematic in the United States, which has the largest incarceration rate per capita. This papers examines the aging in prison crisis through the lens of the social determinants of health, well-being, and justice. Case studies and promising practices are reviewed to assist in a coordinated human rights based response to address the aging in prison crisis at the grassroots, national, and international levels.

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Aging Prisoners' Concerns toward Dying in Prison

Cited by 81 publications

References 44 publications

Ageing Prisoners' Disease Burden: Is Being Old a Better Predictor than Time Served in Prison?

Ageing Prisoners' Disease Burden: Is Being Old a Better Predictor than Time Served in Prison?

Older offenders deemed criminally irresponsible in Flanders (Belgium): Descriptive results from a retrospective case note study

The Social Determinants of Health and Justice and the Aging in Prison Crisis: A Call for Human Rights Action

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