International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 10 Issue 2

Cycle of coercion: experiences of maltreatment and disciplinary measures in Canadian inmates

David Joubert, Kyle Archambault, Greg Brown

In spite of past and current efforts at implementing effective rehabilitative interventions in carceral settings, institutions of confinement are primarily concerned with the…

Violence and the perceived risks of taking antiretroviral therapy in US jails and prisons

Gabriel J. Culbert

About one in five men living with HIV in the USA passes through a correctional center annually. Jails and prisons are seen therefore as key intervention sites to promote HIV…

Detection of drugs in Australian prisons: supply reduction strategies

Kate Dolan, Ana Rodas

Prisoners have a high level of drug use prior to imprisonment. Many inmates report having injected drugs and using cannabis. Prison authorities employed a range of strategies to…

Researching the psychological therapies in prison: considerations and future recommendations

Joanna Gee, Betty Bertrand-Godfrey

The psychological therapies are widely considered within the forensic literature as holding a useful role in the prison system, however, despite this, very little research into…

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among juvenile offenders in Malaysian prisons and association with socio-demographic and personal factors

S.A. Aida, H.H. Aili, K.S. Manveen, W.I.W. Salwina, K.P. Subash, C.G. Ng, A.Z.M. Muhsin

The number of juvenile offenders admitted to Malaysian prisons is alarming. The purpose of this paper is to determine the presence of any psychiatric disorders and their…

Editorial

Morag MacDonald, Robert Greifinger and David Kane