Older persons in detention : a framework for preventive monitoring / Penal Reform International, Association for the Prevention of Torture
Autor institucional: PENAL REFORM INTERNATIONALColectividade-autor (co-autora): PENAL REFORM INTERNATIONALIdioma: Inglês.País: Reino Unido.Publicação: London : Penal Reform International, 2021Descrição física: 16 p.; 30 cmISBN: 978-1-909521-81-0Assunto: IDOSO | PRISÃO | ENVELHECIMENTO | TERCEIRA IDADE | GERIATRIA CDU: 343.8 Localização e Cota : 343.8PRI Resumo: More older persons are in prison than ever before, and the number has been growing at a faster rate than the general prison population – at least in countries where data is available. Significant increases have been seen in the number and proportion of older persons in prison across Europe1 and in Japan, Singapore, the US, and Canada in recent decades.2 The cause of this increase varies across countries. In some places, it is reported that more older people are being convicted of offences committed when they were younger,3 and in others some older people have turned to crime due to poverty and isolation.4 For the most part, however, it is due to the hardening of sentencing practices and increased use of imprisonment, which has coincided with reduced mechanisms for early release in some countries. Life imprisonment is being used more often for less serious and non-violent offences, and mandatory sentencing laws have contributed to longer prison terms and the increased use of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Monografias | Biblioteca da Direção-Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais | 343.8PRI (Browse shelf) | 9881 | Available | DGRSP9882 |
More older persons are in prison than ever before, and the number has been growing at a faster rate than the general prison population – at least in countries where data is available. Significant increases have been seen in the number and proportion of older persons in prison across Europe1 and in Japan, Singapore, the US, and Canada in recent decades.2 The cause of this
increase varies across countries. In some places, it is reported that more older people are being convicted of offences committed when they were younger,3 and in others some older people have turned to crime due to poverty and isolation.4 For the most part, however, it is due to the hardening of sentencing practices and increased use of imprisonment, which has coincided with reduced mechanisms for early release in some countries. Life imprisonment is being used more often for less serious and non-violent offences, and mandatory sentencing laws have contributed to longer prison terms and the increased use of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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