Ageing prison population 'sees officers working as carers'

In October 2019 the data unit reported on figures showing an ageing prison population, and warnings from one organisation that it was leaving prison officers providing care for a growing number of older inmates.

Get the data

• Prison population data

Quotes and interviews

• Dave, who has worked in prisons as a custodial manager for more than 30 years
• Peter Clarke, chief inspector of prisons
• Ken Denton, from West Yorkshire, released from prison in June
• Spokesperson, The Prison Service
• Mark Fairhurst, national chair, Prison Officers' Association (POA)
• Dr Mary Turner, reader in health services research, Huddersfield University

Visualisation

• Multiple line chart: Age of prison population, 2002-2018