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Generativity or ‘giving back’ is regarded as a common life stage, occurring for many around middle age. For the first time, this book offers qualitative research on the lives and social relationships of older imprisoned women. In-depth interviews with 29 female prisoners in the south-eastern United States show that older women both engage in generative behaviours in prison and also wish to do so upon their release. As prisoners continue to age, the US finds itself at a crossroads on prison reform, with potential decarceration beginning with older prisoners. The COVID-19 pandemic has led many to consider how to thrive under difficult circumstances and in stressing the resilience of older incarcerated women, this book envisions what this could look like.

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1. Ageing Less than Gracefully 2. Welcome to My Home: Cell Block D 3. Older, Wiser, and Incarcerated 4. A Positively Negative Experience 5. Parenting Behind Bars 6: Ageing in Their Own Words: Peace of Mind, Body, and Circumstances 7. ‘Usefulness’ of a ‘Useless’ Population 8. Why Not Give Them a Chance? Afterword Appendices

Incarceration and Older Women: Giving Back Not

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 19 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9781529231618
      978-1529231618
      ISBN-10 1529231612
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      Politics, Philosophy & Society Gender studies: women and girls Offenders / Criminals Penology and punishment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Generativity or ‘giving back’ is regarded as a common life stage, occurring for many around middle age. For the first time, this book offers qualitative research on the lives and social relationships of older imprisoned women. In-depth interviews with 29 female prisoners in the south-eastern United States show that older women both engage in generative behaviours in prison and also wish to do so upon their release. As prisoners continue to age, the US finds itself at a crossroads on prison reform, with potential decarceration beginning with older prisoners. The COVID-19 pandemic has led many to consider how to thrive under difficult circumstances and in stressing the resilience of older incarcerated women, this book envisions what this could look like.

      Table of Contents
      1. Ageing Less than Gracefully 2. Welcome to My Home: Cell Block D 3. Older, Wiser, and Incarcerated 4. A Positively Negative Experience 5. Parenting Behind Bars 6: Ageing in Their Own Words: Peace of Mind, Body, and Circumstances 7. ‘Usefulness’ of a ‘Useless’ Population 8. Why Not Give Them a Chance? Afterword Appendices

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