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SUBMITTER: Williams BA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3464842 | biostudies-other | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Williams Brie A BA Stern Marc F MF Mellow Jeff J Safer Meredith M Greifinger Robert B RB
American journal of public health 20120614 8
An exponential rise in the number of older prisoners is creating new and costly challenges for the criminal justice system, state economies, and communities to which older former prisoners return. We convened a meeting of 29 national experts in correctional health care, academic medicine, nursing, and civil rights to identify knowledge gaps and to propose a policy agenda to improve the care of older prisoners. The group identified 9 priority areas to be addressed: definition of the older prisone ...[more]