ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2012
Addressing the aging crisis in U.S. criminal justice health care.
Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03055429 (Enhancing Care of the Aged and Dying in Prisons Phase II), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Enhancing Care of the Aged and Dying in Prisons Phase II
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Perceptions and experiences of clinicians and correctional officers facilitating palliative care for people in prison: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.Palliative medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Older Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A Literature Review.Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2022Pooled it
- Could Physical Activity Have any Role in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Prisoners? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Prior Incarceration and Dental Insurance Trajectories throughout Older Adulthood.JDR clinical and translational research · 2026Article
- Exploring Social Determinants of Cognitive Functioning: History of Criminal Legal System Involvement and Processing Speed among Older Black Americans.Sociological focus · 2026Article
- Introducing Residents to Advocacy for Aging Incarcerated People: A Compassionate Release Pilot Elective.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- "Progressing physically and mentally" - a qualitative investigation into perceptions of mental well-being and barriers to participation in a nine-week yoga program among older inmates in Germany.Health & justice · 2026Article
- Traumatic brain injury among patients presenting from prison: a cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Differences in Risk of Substance Use Disorder between Age Groups among Adults with Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in the U.S.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2026Article
- Building engagement in healthy aging outcomes research with older women with lived experience of incarceration.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Key characteristics of medical parole applications in Massachusetts in 2022-2023.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Differences in opioid use and overdose among younger and older justice-impacted adults.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Systemic neglect hidden behind tolerance: the reproduction of vulnerability among aging heroin users within the community-based rehabilitation.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Psychological stressors of imprisonment and coping of older incarcerated persons: a qualitative interview study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic and older adults in prison: a brief report from a nominal group.The journal of forensic psychiatry & psychology · 2025Article
- The U.S. Criminal Legal System and Population Health.Current epidemiology reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Disability Among Older Adults in Prison.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Prior incarceration length and edentulism among formerly incarcerated older adults in the United States.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
- Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Age Differences in COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Among Incarcerated People and Staff in Correctional Facilities in Six Jurisdictions, United States, March-July 2020.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Links of Previous Incarceration With Geriatric Syndromes and Chronic Health Conditions Among Older Adults in the United States.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The U.S. criminal justice population is aging at a significantly more rapid rate than the overall U.S. population, with the population of older adults in prison having more than tripled since 1990. This increase is at the root of a prison healthcare crisis that is spilling into communities and public healthcare systems because nearly 95% of prisoners are eventually released. The graying prison population is also straining state and local budgets. In prison, older prisoners cost approximately three times as much as younger prisoners to incarcerate, largely because of healthcare costs. In the community, older former prisoners present the least risk of recidivism yet are vulnerable to serious and costly social and medical challenges such as housing instability, poor employability, multiple chronic health conditions, and health-related mortality; however older current and former prisoners are largely ignored in the current geriatrics evidence base. Knowledge about the health, functional, and cognitive status of older prisoners is limited, with even less known about risk factors for long-term poor health outcomes during and after incarceration. This article provides an overview of aging in the criminal justice system. It then describes how geriatric models of care could be adapted to address the mounting older prisoner healthcare crisis and identifies areas where additional research is needed to explore prison-specific models of care for older adults.
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