The Graying of the Prisons. / Jenifer Warren.
by Warren, Jenifer; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 52Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aged prisoners | Prison administration | Prisoners -- Medical care | Prisoners -- Treatment | Prisons -- Cost of operation | Prisons -- Finance | CaliforniaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Statistics show that inmates 55 and over now make up about 4% of California's prison population, totaling about 5,800 men and women. But experts say that number is deceptively low. Because their lives have been marked by substance abuse, violence and a lack of medical care, most prisoners are physiologically up to 10 years older than their true age, the National Institute of Corrections reports." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article addresses the increasing number of aging convicts in prisons.
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Originally Published: The Graying of the Prisons, June 9, 2002; pp. A1+.
"Statistics show that inmates 55 and over now make up about 4% of California's prison population, totaling about 5,800 men and women. But experts say that number is deceptively low. Because their lives have been marked by substance abuse, violence and a lack of medical care, most prisoners are physiologically up to 10 years older than their true age, the National Institute of Corrections reports." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article addresses the increasing number of aging convicts in prisons.
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