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ArticleInternational journal of prisoner health2017

Older and incarcerated: policy implications of aging prison populations.

Zachary Psick, Jonathan Simon, Rebecca Brown, Cyrus Ahalt

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Article in International journal of prisoner health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Could Physical Activity Have any Role in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Prisoners? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  3. The Well-Being of Older Offenders on Release in the Community.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2026
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  13. Gathering Health Perspectives of the Justice Involved: A Multisite Needs Assessment Survey.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zachary PsickDepartment of Sociology, University of California , Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Jonathan SimonUniversity of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California, USA.
Rebecca BrownDivision of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco, USA.
Cyrus AhaltUniversity of California, San Francisco , San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding

Institutional Career Development Core SupplementKL2TR001870 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M., SARKAR, URMIMALA · 2016 to 2025
$19.7M
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Premature Geriatrics SyndromesK23AG045290 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BROWN, REBECCA TYLER · 2014 to 2018
$882k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001870NIA NIH HHS K23 AG045290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the policy Implications of aging prison populations. Design/methodology/approach An examination of the worldwide aging trend in prison and its implications for correctional policy, including an examination of population aging in California prisons as a case example of needed reform. Findings Prison populations worldwide are aging at an unprecedented rate, and age-related medical costs have had serious consequences for jurisdictions struggling to respond to the changes. These trends are accompanied by a growing body of evidence that old age is strongly correlated with desistance from criminal behavior, suggesting an opportunity to at least partially address the challenges of an aging prison population through early release from prison for appropriate persons. Originality/value Some policies do exist that aim to reduce the number of older, chronically ill or disabled and dying people in prison, but they have not achieved that goal on a sufficient scale. An examination of the situation in California shows that recognizing how the healthcare needs of incarcerated people change as they age - and how aging and aging-related health changes often decrease an older person's likelihood of repeat offense - is critical to achieving effective and efficient policies and practices aimed at adequately caring for this population and reducing their numbers in prisons when appropriate.

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AgedAge FactorsCaliforniaFemaleHealth PolicyHealth Services for the AgedHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth StatusHuman RightsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeeds AssessmentPrisonersPrisonsAging prison populationsCorrectional healthcareCriminal justice healthOlder offendersPrison overcrowdingPublic policy

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PMCPMC5812446

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