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Elderly prisoners
Name(s):
Increasing elderly prison population
Aging criminals
Nature
The aging of the population in western societies means that there are more old people in prison, which means a greater number of prisoners with physical and mental disabilities.
Broader
Criminals
Imprisonment
Disabled prisoners
Ageing of world population
This problem is a member of 3 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Mentally ill prisoners
Increasing number of disabled persons
Neglect of elderly in institutional care
[in 3 loops]
Aggravated by
Disabled elderly persons
Inadequate income in old age
Value(s)
Crime
Depopulation
Increase
Overpopulation
Underpopulation
Reference(s)
Shover, Neal: Aging Criminals
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems