Health Axis
Chronic Illness, Aging and the Lived Experience of Imprisonment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Seeds (0000-0003-4342-7955, University of California, Irvine, corresponding author), Joanne DeCaro (0000-0002-1241-3457, University of California, Irvine) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azaf124 |
| OpenAlex | W7125214014 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
In recent years, research on aging in prison has grown in step with the greying of prison populations. Yet how physical degeneration and illness affect the prison experience remains marginal in accounts of adaptation or ‘emotional survival’ in prison life, leaving unmapped significant aspects of the relationship between health, healthcare and incarceration. Drawing from extensive group interviews with older incarcerated people living with chronic illnesses, this article examines how healthcare challenges intersect with daily practices and ways of thinking, shaping routines and strategies incarcerated people develop in efforts to get by, manage time, interact with others and recraft narratives of self. Doing so, the article positions physical health as a central axis in the lived experience of imprisonment
Affect (linguistics) · Health care · Imprisonment · Lived experience · Narrative · Perspective (graphical) · Prison · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Disability Rights and Representation · Elder Abuse and Neglect
Defining and Measuring Chronic Conditions
The Gray Pains of Imprisonment
Aging Prisoners
Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood
Hidden Injuries? Researching the Experiences of Older Men in English Prisons
Time's relentless melt’
The Politics of Pain in Immigration Detention
Using focus groups for empowerment purposes in qualitative health research and evaluation
Prison Suicide and Prisoner Coping
Sedative Coping’, Contextual Maturity and Institutionalization Among Prisoners Serving Life Sentences in England and Wales
The construction of intolerable punishments
Incarceration and Health
The methodology of Focus Groups
The Focused Interview
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |