SOC 3740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Unwell, Masculinity, Subculture
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Definition of an (cid:494)elderly(cid:495) prisoner -> vulnerable to those who are younger, Prison ages you by 10 years when you are behind bars. Life experiences before they come in to custody (lifestyle is stressful) the physiological age is older than their chronological age. Elderly in prison when you are 50. The proportion of the inmate population aged 50+ has increased by. Roughly 16% of the inmate population is aged 50+ Hence, we really do have an issue with older persons in custody. Incarcerated young and grew old (mainly men) typically for violent crime such as murder. Admitted later in life (white collar, farther along in your career, positions of power and committing fraud) Continue to have older persons due to changes in policy (government) mandatory sentences and harder parole. Eliminations of apr for first non-violent offenders = more time in prison.
