International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 1 Issue 1

Prison health care and the extent of prison overcrowding

Roy Warmsley

Overcrowding in prisons has a negative impact on health care and consequently the international standards insist that accommodation for prisoners must include sufficient space…

Hepatitis C treatment in a Canadian federal correctional population: Preliminary feasibility and outcomes

John Farley, Shawn Vasdev, Benedikt Fischer, Jürgen Rehm, Emma Haydon

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health concern in Canada, which now mostly affects marginalized populations, including correctional inmates. These populations…

Dual Diagnosis within Italian prisons ‐ some preliminary data

Daniele Berto, Morena Tartari, Barbara Tabacchi, Gilberto Gerra, Giovanni Tamburino

Dual Diagnosis (DD) is a double pathology afflicting drug users that involves both addiction and psychiatric diseases. This specific condition is currently attracting attention…

Drinking, violence, and prisoners’ health

Mary McMurran

There is abundant evidence that excessive alcohol use can adversely affect physical and mental health. Prior to incarceration, heavy drinking is common among prisoners. In this…

Influenza control in Australian prison settings: Cost ‐ benefit analysis of major strategies

Niyi Awofeso, William D. Rawlinson

Repeated influenza outbreaks are surprisingly rare in prison settings worldwide, a factor that has made it superfluous, to date, to develop contingency plans for responding to…

Managing the mentally ill in the prisons of Berlin

Norbert Konrad

A high and possibly increasing prevalence of mental disorders in prisoners has been demonstrated in recent surveys. Psychiatric care of prisoners is subject to wide regional…

Taking action to reduce injecting drug‐related harms in prisons: The evidence of effectiveness of prison needle exchange in six countries

Rick Lines, Ralf Jürgens, Glen Betteridge, Heino Stöver

This article examines the issue of prison needle‐exchange programmes (PNEP) based upon the international experience and evidence in six countries. A review of existing literature…

Prisoner health care provision: Reflections from Australia

Michael Levy

Australian prisons are organised around eight state and territory jurisdictions, and a number of private prison operators. A broad range of structures have evolved over 200 years…

Too much or too little? Prescription drug use in a nationwide prison population

E. Kjelsberg, P. Hartvig

Aim ‐ To describe prescription drug use in a nationwide prison population and compare it with contemporary drug use in other relevant populations as well as in a prison population…

The Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS in Prisons in Europe and Central Asia

HIV/AIDS is a serious problem for prison populations across Europe and Central Asia. In most countries, rates of HIV infection are many times higher among prisoners than among the…