Vieillir en prison : des lois sur les aménagements de peine trop peu appliquées
The number of older adults incarcerated in France continues to rise. Their living conditions have been regularly criticized for the past twenty-five years. The adaptation of prison facilities for this population is notoriously inadequate and seems to us to be an illusion. The law provides that indiv...
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2025
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | The number of older adults incarcerated in France continues to rise. Their living conditions have been regularly criticized for the past twenty-five years. The adaptation of prison facilities for this population is notoriously inadequate and seems to us to be an illusion. The law provides that individuals detained for a long time and whose health condition is incompatible with detention may benefit from sentence adjustments. We note numerous obstacles to the implementation of the law, even when judges recognize that the detained person no longer poses a significant danger to society. Often, the difficulty lies in finding a geriatric facility suited to the level of dependence of an older person with little income, and to whom negative representations remain attached. However, there is an ethical imperative to release older people whose health deteriorates while in detention. We call on health authorities to support the creation of a nationwide network for the care of dependent older adults leaving prison, as well as the development of alternatives to incarceration for older adults. |
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