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This chapter presents empirical research that has explored the life of older males in prison. Using a mixed methodology via surveys and interviews with males over 50 years and over currently serving a sentence in an English prison, and prison staff supporting older men, this chapter offers a recent insight into the experience of being older in prison and the challenges and implications of imprisoning people in older age. These original findings are discussed about previous academic literature on older prisoners, explicitly focusing on physical and mental health, and the management of end of life and palliative care. Recommendations for prison policy are made that encourage prisons to provide older people in prison with age-appropriate care and support.
Parts of this work have been submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Doctorate of Philosophy, at Nottingham Trent University. De Motte, C. (2015) Understanding older male prisoners’ satisfaction with quality of life and wellbeing. Ph.D., Nottingham Trent University.
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de Motte, C. (2021). The Consequences of Imprisoning Older Males in Prison in England and Wales. In: Gomes, S., de Carvalho, M.J.L., Duarte, V. (eds) Incarceration and Generation, Volume I. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82265-1_10
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