CRM 2309 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-12: Hysterectomy, Canadian Studies, Adobe After Effects
15 Dec 2017
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Aging, women and health: from the pains of imprisonment to the pains of reintegration. A portrait of older women in the justice system. Older prisoners and ex-prisoners face the same age-related sensory decline, mobility limitations, and cognitive and emotional disorders that confront the elderly outside the justice system (aday, 1994, 2003). As prison conditions accelerate the aging process, however, these problems are often more severe and begin at younger ages (wahidin, In britain, prisoners aged 5059 years are the most costly cohort to the justice system for healthcare and hospital supervision (wahidin, 2006). Eighty-five per cent of older female prisoners have chronic health problems, and diseases such as emphysema and diabetes, as well as other age-related declines in physical, sensory, and immune system functioning (aday, 2003; reviere & young, 2004; surt1 , Few accommodations are made for older women in prisons, limiting their access to specialized care and services (kratcoski & babb, 1990; aday,
