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010			_a978-1-909521-81-0
090			_a409137
100			_a20250129d kkky0pory50 ba
101			_aeng
102			_aGB
200			_aOlder persons in detention _ea framework for preventive monitoring _fPenal Reform International, Association for the Prevention of Torture
210			_aLondon _cPenal Reform International _d2021
215			_a16 p. _d30 cm
330			_aMore 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.
606			_98869 _aIDOSO
606			_95106 _aPRISÃO
606			_95420 _aENVELHECIMENTO
606			_95033 _aTERCEIRA IDADE
606			_9103071 _aGERIATRIA
675			_9420646 _a343.8
710			_910937 _aPENAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL
711			_4070 _9423453 _aASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE
801			_aPT _gRPC
852			_j343.8PRI