International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 18 Issue 1

Human rights violations, detention conditions and the invisible nature of women in European immigration detention: a legal realist account

Marie Claire Van Hout

The purpose of this paper was to conduct a legal realist assessment of women’s situation in European immigration detention which focuses on relevant international and European…

Bladder and bowel symptoms following imprisonment in West Australian female prisons

Amee Rice, Judith Anne Thompson, Kathy Briffa

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the presence of bladder and bowel symptoms in women recently imprisoned in Western Australian prisons, specifically; stress, urge and…

Prisoner’s insomnia prevalence, insomnia associated factors and interventions with sleep as an outcome: a review and narrative analysis

Chris Griffiths, Farah Hina

Insomnia is highly prevalent in prisoners. The purpose of this paper is a review of research evidence on interventions with sleep as an outcome (2000 to 2020) and rates of…

Knowledge of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act and possession of a naloxone kit among people recently released from prison

Katherine E. McLeod, Jessica Xavier, Ali Okhowat, Sierra Williams, Mo Korchinski, Pamela Young, Kristi Papamihali, Ruth Elwood Martin, Angus Monaghan, Nader Sharifi, Jane A. Buxton

This study aims to describe knowledge of Canada’s Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) and take home naloxone (THN) training and kit possession among people being released…

Perspectives of prisoners on alcohol and other drug group treatment approaches

Michael Francis Doyle, Megan Williams, Tony Butler, Anthony Shakeshaft, Katherine Conigrave, Jill Guthrie

The purpose of this study is to describe what a sample of men in prison believe works well for the delivery of prison-based group alcohol and other drug (AoD) treatment programs…

HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and tuberculosis-related mortality among incarcerated people: a global scoping review

Rebecca Jane Bosworth, Rohan Borschmann, Frederick L. Altice, Stuart Alistair Kinner, Kate Dolan, Michael Farrell

People in prison are at a higher risk of preventable mortality from infectious disease such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)…

Intensity of perceived stress and control of anger, anxiety and depression of people staying in Polish penitentiary institutions

Kinga Kołodziej, Anna Kurowska, Anna Majda

The purpose of this study is to assess the intensity of perceived stress and measure the subjective control of anxiety, anger and depression in a group of women and men staying in…

Prison health priorities in Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study in the two largest detention environments in Burkina Faso

Eric Arnaud Diendéré, Karim Traoré, Jean-Jacques Bernatas, Ouedan Idogo, Abdoul Kader Dao, Go Karim Traoré, P. Delphine Napon/Zongo, Solange Ouédraogo/Dioma, René Bognounou, Ismael Diallo, Apoline Kongnimissom Ouédraogo/Sondo, Pascal Antoine Niamba

The purpose of this paper is to study the factors associated with the occurrence of diseases and beriberi among prisoners incarcerated in the two largest Remand and Correctional…