International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 17 Issue 2

Invisible women: correctional facilities for women across Canada and proximity to maternity services

Martha Jane Paynter, M. Leslie Bagg, Clare Heggie

This paper aims to describe the process to create an inventory of the facilities in Canada designated to incarcerate women and girls, health service responsibility by facility…

Effect of group-based logotherapy on imprisoned women’s level of hope: a randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Zakiye Ghelbash, Shahrzad Yektatalab, Marzieh Momennasab, Zohre Foruhi

Female prisoners are a vulnerable group in society, often exposed to emotional deprivation and violent experiences and in need of support and attention due to mental health…

Exploration of older prisoner’s social needs, who attended one of two prison initiatives for older people: an inductive phenomenological study

Joanne Brooke, Monika Rybacka

The purpose of this study was to explore the social needs and experiences of older prisoners who were attending one of two social initiatives in a prison in England.

Cognitive dysfunction in older prisoners in Germany: a cross-sectional pilot study

Sandra Verhülsdonk, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Barbara Höft, Tillmann Supprian, Josef Kessler, Elke Kalbe

The purpose of this study is to collect the first empirical data on the cognitive state of elderly prisoners in Germany and to examine associations between cognitive function and…

Weight gain and chronic disease progression among individuals incarcerated in Canadian federal penitentiaries: a retrospective cohort study

Claire Johnson, Iva Bien-Aimé, Lise Dubois

Very little is known about how weight gain during incarceration influences the health of people living in Canadian federal penitentiaries. To fill this knowledge gap, this study…

Adverse childhood experiences in relation to drug and alcohol use in 30 days prior to incarceration in a county jail

Emery R. Eaves, Ricky L. Camplain, Monica R. Lininger, Robert T. Trotter II

The purpose of this paper is to characterize the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and substance use among people incarcerated in a county jail.

Multiple burdens of stigma for prisoners participating in opioid antagonist treatment (OAT) programmes in Indonesian prisons: a qualitative study

Rita Komalasari, Sarah Wilson, Sudirman Nasir, Sally Haw

In spite of the effectiveness of opioid antagonist treatment (OAT) in reducing injecting drug use and needle sharing, programmes in prison continue to be largely stigmatised. This…

Incarcerated population in India: how many are dying? How are they dying?

Usha Ram, Prakash Kumar

This study aims to examine sociodemographic characteristics, levels and patterns of mortality experiences amongst Indian prisoners over the past two decades (1998–2018).