Older, wiser, and incarcerated

This chapter examines the challenges that imprisonment poses to health, mental well-being, and relationships with family and friends, according to prior research. It compares such challenges for men and women. The chapter begins by reporting on problems wrought by ageing, then describes how such pro...

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Main Author: White, Regina Lynn 1976-2021 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Incarceration and older women
Year: 2023, Pages: 27-36
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Summary:This chapter examines the challenges that imprisonment poses to health, mental well-being, and relationships with family and friends, according to prior research. It compares such challenges for men and women. The chapter begins by reporting on problems wrought by ageing, then describes how such problems vary by gender, before turning to research on ageing in prison specifically.
ISBN:9781529231618