‘Successful Ageing’ Needs a Future: Older Incarcerated Adults’ Views on Ageing in Prison

  • Demographic changes have led to an increase in older people in prisons. Whereas the rehabilitative process of younger offenders is geared towards their reintegration into the labour market, successful ageing should be a policy aim for older prisoners. This study explores how older incarcerated persons view their ageing. A qualitative study using a written survey with only the single question What does ageing in prison mean to you? was conducted in Bavaria, Germany. A total of 64 prisoners (61 male, 3 female) supplied answers varying in length from a few words to several pages. The thematic analysis revealed that together with health concerns, social relations and everyday activities, the uncertainty of the future was a central focus point for the older adults in prison. The authors propose that a positive vision of the future needs to be included in any model of successful ageing. If successful ageing is used as an aim for older prisoners, more attention needs to be paid to support interventions during and after the release process.

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Author:Andrea KenkmannORCiD, Christian GhanemORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4020006
ISSN:2673-9259
Parent Title (English):Journal of Ageing and Longevity
Publisher:MDPI AG
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2024/05/02
Reviewed:Begutachtet/Reviewed
Release Date:2024/06/03
Tag:prison; older adults; successful ageing; qualitative research
Volume:4
Issue:2
Pagenumber:11
First Page:72
Last Page:82
institutes:Fakultät Sozialwissenschaften
Research Themes:Soziale & ökonomische Transformation
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
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