Punished for Aging: Vulnerability, Rights, and Access to Justice in Canadian Pen

Description: Punished for Aging by Adeline Iftene Building on an original study with almost two hundred older incarcerated individuals, this book explores systemic problems that infiltrate the body of the Canadian federal correctional system and other institutions that engage with prisoners. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Adelina Iftene is Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Table of Contents Preamble: The Actors Enter the Stage1. Some Context: The Canadian Federal Correctional System 2. Age and Health Care Behind Bars3. Reform for Older Prisoners: Release and Institutional Accommodation4. Democracy in Action: Implementation of Policy Reform and Prison Oversight5. Correcting Wrongs and Pushing for Reform through Administrative Boards and Tribunals6. Correcting Wrongs and Pushing for Reform through CourtsConclusion Review "In Punished for Aging, Adelina Iftene amplifies the little-heard voices of aging inmates incarcerated in Canadian penitentiaries. Iftene overlays those voices with compact, yet clear, analysis of the policy and legal context in which punishment is administered, attending specifically to how inmates experienced the process of aging whilst subject to the techniques and forms of incarceration." -- Joshua David Michael Shaw * Punishment & Society *"Whether readers come to Punished for Aging for the primary data or for the legal analysis, this book is an important work. Impressive both in its scope and its depth, it respectfully conveys the voices of a population who are too often invisible to those whose lives are not directly touched by the prison. As such, it makes a significant contribution to both the prisoner health and prisoner justice literatures." -- Helen Hudson * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, May 2021 *"Whether readers come to Punished for Aging for the primary data or for the legal analysis, this book is an important work. Impressive both in its scope and its depth, it respectfully conveys the voices of a population who are too often invisible to those whose lives are not directly touched by the prison. As such, it makes a significant contribution to both the prisoner health and prisoner justice literatures." -- Helen Hudson * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books * Long Description 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. Review Quote "In Punished for Aging , Adelina Iftene amplifies the little-heard voices of aging inmates incarcerated in Canadian penitentiaries. Iftene overlays those voices with compact, yet clear, analysis of the policy and legal context in which punishment is administered, attending specifically to how inmates experienced the process of aging whilst subject to the techniques and forms of incarceration." Details ISBN1487524285 Author Adeline Iftene Year 2019 ISBN-10 1487524285 ISBN-13 9781487524289 Pages 264 Publication Date 2019-07-22 UK Release Date 2019-07-22 Format Paperback Imprint University of Toronto Press Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada Illustrations 10 b&w tables Subtitle Vulnerability, Rights, and Access to Justice in Canadian Penitentiaries Publisher University of Toronto Press DEWEY 323.3/29270971 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2019-07-21 Alternative 9781487502164 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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