La persona mayor como ser humano en la ejecución del encarcelamiento en las prisiones checas - sondeo exploratorio
| Autor | Luká? Stárek |
| Cargo | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic |
| Páginas | 449-464 |
Lukáš Stárek/ La persona mayor como ser humano en la ejecución del encarcelamiento en las prisiones
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La persona mayor como ser humano en la ejecución del encarcelamiento en
las prisiones checas - sondeo exploratorio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10909937
Lukáš Stárek*
Resumen
Con el envejecimiento de la sociedad se prevé un aumento de las personas mayores que
cometen delitos y de la ejecución de los procesos de encarcelamiento no sólo en la
República Checa. Basándonos en la evidencia de la literatura publicada y en sondeos
exploratorios realizados, destacamos la oportunidad y la necesidad de prestar más
atención a las personas mayores; hacemos un llamamiento a un cambio de actitud hacia
la población de edad avanzada y, principalmente, hacia las personas mayores en la
ejecución de la pena de prisión. El trabajo pretende arrojar luz teórica y a través de
notas de campo sobre aspectos concretos relacionados con este grupo de personas. Se
llevaron a cabo seis entrevistas y se revisaron archivos personales para aportar datos y
características interesantes sobre este grupo. Con respecto a la creciente población de
personas mayores en ejecución penitenciaria, existe una necesidad obvia de analizar
este grupo en mayor profundidad, no sólo a través de la lente de las ciencias sociales,
sino también proporcionando un apoyo y una atención más profundos. Además, el
proceso de envejecimiento en prisión exige una mayor necesidad de cualificación y
capacidad de los empleadores para proporcionar una atención adecuada. Además, existe
una importante necesidad de reorganizar la financiación.
Palabras clave: Envejecimiento, ejecución penitenciaria, envejecer, calidad de vida,
prisión.
Abstract
An older person as a human in the execution of imprisonment in Czech
prisons – exploratory probe
The eldering of society is expected to see growth in elderly people conducting crime and
in the execution of imprisonment processes not only in the Czech Republic. Based on
evidence from published literature and conducted exploratory probes, we highlight the
chance and need for more attention paid to older people; we call for a change of attitude
towards the eldering population and mainly towards older people in the execution of
imprisonment. The paper aims to shed light in theory and through field notes on specific
related towards this group of people. The six interviews were conducted, and personal
files were reviewed to bring interesting insights and characteristics about this group.
With regard to the growing population of older people in the execution of imprisonment,
there is an obvious need to analyze this group in more depth, not only through the lens
of social science but also by providing deeper support and care. Further, the eldering
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process in imprisonment demands a bigger need for employers' qualification and ability
to provide adequate care. Plus, there is a significant need to reorganize funding .
Keywords: Eldering, execution of imprisonment, growing old, life quality, prison
Recibido: 19/12/2023 Aceptado: 12/02/2024
* Ph.D., Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Institute of Education and Co mmunication, Department of
Pedagogy. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6068-215X E-mail: starekl@ivp.czu.cz
1. Introduction
Expansion of the length of life is expected to bring up higher expectations related
to maintaining a good quality of life. This topic is and will be more relevant for societies
around the world as more older people are living up to older age. The expansion of
demographic changes in the 21st century provides Europe with more possibilities in
areas related to elderly people, not only in the process of imprisonment but also in older
people with diverse handicaps. These changes can be perceived as the provision of
adequate health and social care but also as a challenge. The current generation of older
people is healthier than the previous generations, but older people require more diverse
and specific health and social care. Let us now consider older people in the context of
Czech’s prison system – in the context of this paper, we discuss elderly people in the
execution of imprisonment.
Older people are the biggest group in our society, which has specifics that need
to be reflected in their attitude towards and care for them. Even though we can expect
that the ability to take care of themselves will be longer within this group with the next
generation of seniors, the next generation growing up to the elderly age will have a
significant influence on the whole society (Ondrusova, Krahulcova et al., 2020). The
statistical prognosis 2040 is that almost 25% of the Czech population will be older. This
will be caused by the eldering process of the baby boom generation from the 70s 20th
century (Ondrusova, Krahulcova et al., 2020).
The older people in the execution of imprisonment face similar issues as other
older people. However, they must face this issue in a more extreme environment, which
is not suitable for this. Society’s eldering is logically influencing these groups and
prisoners as well.
2. The number of elder people in the execution of imprisonment
The formal age line is 65 years and long-term inability to work, thus being
involved in employment. This is the definition of “long-term work unable”, where older
people of higher age are included. This is not an exclusive group for older people, but
we can meet older people in other groups in this group, not only older people. Even
though these groups exist, age is not defined (Vidoviciva, Wija, 2020).
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