[6] It was calculated in 2006 that prisoners over the age of 55 on average suffer from three chronic ailments for which continual medication is required.
A total of 13% was calculated for 2010, with Utah also concluding that medical care would be the most costly problem of the aging prison structure.
[9] The Alberta Law Foundation Situational Report of 1995 also stated that: "aging is an ongoing process and is effected by cultural and environmental experiences that may influence coping, adaptation and behaviour.
This is both due to the culture shock, and overcoming the difficulties of having led a criminal-free life for a longer period of time and thus finding it more difficult to come to terms with breaking the law.
[11] In many cases, as the age of an offender increases the likelihood of re-offending decreases, as the elderly are less capable of coping with a criminal lifestyle and grow tired of being punished.