The collision of care and punishment: ageing prisoners’ view on compassionate release

Most prisoners wish to spend their last days outside prison. Early release of seriously ill and ageing prisoners, commonly termed compassionate release, can be granted based on legal regulations but is rarely successful. The aim of this paper is to present the views of ageing prisoners on compassion...

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Authors: Handtke, Violet 1984- (Author) ; Bretschneider, Wiebke 1984- (Author) ; Wangmo, Tenzin (Author) ; Elger, Bernice S. 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-22
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Geriatric release
Human Rights
Medical release
Older prisoner
Europe

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