Zachary Psick's research while affiliated with University of California, Davis and other places

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the policy Implications of aging prison populations. Design/methodology/approach An examination of the worldwide aging trend in prison and its implications for correctional policy, including an examination of population aging in California prisons as a case example of needed reform. Findings Prison...

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... One group disproportionately affected by the digital divide in prisons is older people. Older prisoners are among the fastest-growing subpopulations of prisoners worldwide, with significant health, social and economic implications Maschi et al., 2013;Psick et al., 2017). In the past five years, countries such as Italy, the UK and Australia have reported that between 18-25% of their prison population are older, and this continues to grow for reasons including general population ageing, a trend toward harsher sentencing practices and the rise of historical convictions (Ginnivan et al., 2018;Lorito et al., 2018;Luallen & Cutler, 2017;Roth, 2014). ...