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245 1. $a Punished for aging $d Texte imprimé $e vulnerability, rights, and access to justice in Canadian penitentiaries $f Adelina Iftene
260 .1 $a Toronto $a Buffalo $a London $c University of Toronto Press $i 2019
280 .. $a 1 vol. (x-253 p.) $d 24 cm
300 .. $a Includes bibliographical references and index
330 .. $a "Built around the experiences of older prisoners, Punished for Aging looks at the
challenges individuals face in Canadian penitentiaries and their struggles for justice.
Through firsthand accounts and quantitative data drawn from extensive interviews,
this book brings forward the experiences of federally incarcerated people living their
"golden years" behind bars. These experiences show the limited ability of the system
to respond to heightened needs, while also raising questions about how international
and national laws and policies are applied, and why they fail to ensure the safety
and well-being of incarcerated individuals. In so doing, Adelina Iftene explores the
shortcomings of institutional processes, prison-monitoring mechanisms, and legal remedies
available in courts and tribunals, which leave prisoners vulnerable to rights abuses.
Some of the problems addressed in this book are not new; however, the demographic
shift and the increase in people dying in prisons after long, inadequately addressed
illnesses, with few release options, adds a renewed sense of urgency to reform. Working
from the interview data, contextualized by participants' lived experiences, and building
on previous work, Iftene seeks solutions for such reform, which would constitute a
significant step forward not only in protecting older prisoners, but in consolidating
the status of incarcerated individuals as holders of substantive rights."
829 1. $a Preamble: The Actors Enter the Stage ; 1. Some Context: The Canadian Federal Correctional
System ; 2. Age and Health Care Behind Bars ; 3. Reform for Older Prisoners: Release
and Institutional Accommodation ; 4. Democracy in Action: Implementation of Policy
Reform and Prison Oversight ; 5. Correcting Wrongs and Pushing for Reform through
Administrative Boards and Tribunals ; 6. Correcting Wrongs and Pushing for Reform
through Courts ; Conclusion
