This report summarises the proceedings of the two-day meeting the ICRC organised in December 2016 on the needs of older prisoners. The meeting saw the participation of experts with practical experience of legal, ethical, health-care and management issues concerning older detainees. The experts' presentations and the plenary discussions, as well as a number of recommendations that emerged, are reported in detail.
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Ageing in imprisonment - Summary report
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