One of the reason for the older prisoners to be the fastest growing group in prisoner was the prolonged time served in prison by an increasing number of inmates, considering both longer sentences implied for different kinds of crimes and reduced the chances to discharge from sentence.
Some of the older prisoners tend to enter prison in their young age. According to National Corrections Reporting Program in 2009 of Bureau of Justice Statistics based on 24 states of United State, providing year-end prison population data for 2009, 15.2% of inmates who were aged from 61 to 70 in 2009 have got into prison at aged 40 or under (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). Similarly, 17.8% of inmates who were aged from 71 to 80 have got into prison at aged
Some of the older prisoners tend to enter prison in their young age. According to National Corrections Reporting Program in 2009 of Bureau of Justice Statistics based on 24 states of United State, providing year-end prison population data for 2009, 15.2% of inmates who were aged from 61 to 70 in 2009 have got into prison at aged 40 or under (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). Similarly, 17.8% of inmates who were aged from 71 to 80 have got into prison at aged