Age-psychological Characteristics of Inmates

This article presents a conceptual model of age-psychological characteristics of inmates and their role in the penitentiary treatment process and the correction of various categories of offenders. It especially analyses the age- psychological specifics of minors, youths, adults and older people serving sentences, the problems in their regime treatment, correctional work and employment. We propose psychologically based recommendations for the treatment and correction of sentenced minors and prisoners in adolescent, youth, adult and old age.