Elderly Inmates. In The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by 
The Challenge of Managing Aging Prisoners. In The Wiley International Handbook of Correctional Psychology by 
The Victimization of Older Adults in Prison. In Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice by 
Topic 1: The Elderly
As the prison population ages, the costs of incarcerating older inmates will skyrocket. This, in turn, will strain correctional budgets and adversely impact correctional administrators' ability to provide essential services to the general prisoner population. Should inmates who are elderly be released from incarceration? Could services provided by other public agencies be tapped to meet the needs of inmates who are elderly? If so, which services might be invoked?
Reference statistics from the book, the website article "The Elderly in Prison," and the library article by Greene, Ahalt, Stijacic-Cenzer, Metzger, and Williams (2018) posted in the reading section.
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