Aging in Correctional Custody: Setting a Policy Agenda for Older Prisoner Health Care 2

This book is about older prisoners in federal and state correctional facilities in the United States. What makes this book unusual is that it takes an evidence-based approach to the synthesis and review of the extant scholarly research on older and aging prisoners' needs, policies, and procedures that govern their care and custody, and interventions and programs for older offenders inside prison and outside after their release. Such an approach also necessitates a longitudinal look at older inmates, from sentencing through imprisonment and potential release (p. 1). Chapters comprising this book are: "A Path to Evidence-Based Policies and Practices" by John. J. Kergs and Jennifer M. Jolley; "Sentencing Policy and the Shaping of Prison Demographics" by Kathleen Auerhahn; "Bio-Psycho-Social Needs" by Margaret E. Leigey; "Social Programming and Activities" by Ronald H. Aday and Jennifer J. Krabill; "Women and Issues of Care" by Jolley, Kerbs, and John F. Linder; "Prisoners' Rights and the Law" by Naoki Kanaboshi; "The Age-Segregation Debate" by Anita N. Blowers, Jolley, and Kerbs; "The Implications of Age-Graded Desistance" by Kerbs and Jolley; "Health Issues and End-of-Life Care" by Linder; "Community Reentry and Aging Inmates" by Kristie R. Blevins and Blowers; and "Future Considerations" by Kerbs and Jolley.