International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 14 Issue 4

Australian Aboriginal women prisoners’ experiences of being a mother: a review

Jocelyn Jones, Mandy Wilson, Elizabeth Sullivan, Lynn Atkinson, Marisa Gilles, Paul L. Simpson, Eileen Baldry, Tony Butler

The rise in the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers is a major public health issue with multiple sequelae for Aboriginal children and the cohesiveness…

Impact of a nature-based intervention on incarcerated women

Barb Toews, Amy Wagenfeld, Julie Stevens

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of a short-term nature-based intervention on the social-emotional well-being of women incarcerated on a mental health unit in…

Contraceptive needs among newly incarcerated women in a county jail in the United States

Rachel Cannon, Jessica M. Madrigal, Elizabeth Feldman, Kelly Stempinski-Metoyer, Lillian Holloway, Ashlesha Patel

The purpose of this paper is to examine the risk of unintended pregnancy among women during Cook County Jail intake by assessing basic contraceptive history, the need for…

Health needs and risky behaviours among inmates in the largest prison of eastern Nepal

Gambhir Shrestha, Rashmi Mulmi, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Dharanidhar Baral, Birendra Kumar Yadav, Avaniendra Chakravartty, Paras Kumar Pokharel, Nidesh Sapkota

The purpose of this paper is to assess the health status and risky behaviours of inmates in Nepal.

Non-cancer pain clinic in three English prisons: understanding prisoner needs and prescribing practice in relation to chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP)

Arun Sondhi, Tina Garrett

Prisoner access to opiate-based analgesics and gabapentinoids is a concern to prisons through illicit trading. The purpose of this paper is to describe patient needs following…

A novel care pathway for prisoners with intellectual disability designed through a Delphi process

Gautam Gulati, Stephen Quigley, Valerie Elizabeth Murphy, Evan Yacoub, John Bogue, Anthony Kearns, Conor O’Neill, Mary Kelly, Aideen Morrison, Gerard Griffin, Mary Blewitt, Elizabeth Fistein, David Meagher, Colum P. Dunne

Individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) form a significant minority in the Irish prison population and worldwide prison populations. There is growing recognition that…