How to cope with prison pensioners
Updated on 02 July 2009
With record numbers of prisoners of pensionable age like Ronnie Biggs, there are growing demands for a national strategy to deal with the issues it creates.
Ronnie Biggs will not be released and another notorious 60s criminal was in the news yesterday, Ian Brady, as police announced they have called off the hunt for the body of Keith Bennett.
Those high profile convicts are not unusual in being in prison and elderly. There are now record numbers of prisoners of pensionable age.
It has led to growing demands for a national strategy to deal with the issues it creates.
