International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 18 Issue 4

The ageing prisoner population: demographic shifts in Australia and implications for the economic and social costs of health care

Natasha Ann Ginnivan, Rafal Chomik, Ye In (Jane) Hwang, John Piggott, Tony Butler, Adrienne Withall

The Australian prisoner population has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of older inmates over the past decade, consistent with the greying of the prisoner population…

Knowledge and cardiovascular disease risk perception from the perspectives of prisoners and staff in a Scottish prison: a qualitative study

Andrea R.M. Mohan, Patricia Thomson, Sally Haw, Stephen J. Leslie, Janet McKay

Prisoners have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population. Knowledge and risk perception of CVD can influence engagement in preventative…

“Ubuntu” I am because we are: COVID-19 and the legal framework for addressing communicable disease in the South African prison system

Marie Claire Van Hout, Jakkie Wessels

The purpose of the paper was to conduct a legal-realist assessment of the South African prison system response to COVID-19. Severely congested and ill-resourced prison systems in…

Sexual and reproductive health of incarcerated women in French Guiana: a qualitative approach

Flore Deboscker, Mathieu Nacher, Antoine Adenis, Florence Huber, Aude Lucarelli, Laura Asensio, Marie Daniel, Vanessa Schiemsky, Timothee Bonifay

Incarcerated women are a vulnerable population in terms of sexual and reproductive health. In French Guiana, most incarcerated women come from unsafe environments and are…

Sodium content of menu and commissary provisions in rural jail exceeds heart-healthy dietary recommendations

Bonnie Kuss, Nanette V. Lopez, Shakia T. Hardy, Ary Spilkin, Julianne Brauer, Rachelle Phillips, Gabrielle Delio, Ricky Camplain

This paper determined sodium provisions from a seven-day cycle menu and commissary at a rural Southwest County jail and compared it to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and Dietary…

Commentary on the harm reduction reference group of justice health and forensic mental health network and corrective services NSW, Australia

Julia Anne Silano, Carla Treloar, Thomas Wright, Tracey Brown, Colette McGrath, Phillip Snoyman

This commentary aims to reveal how a steering committee has effectively responded to advancing accessibility to harm reduction resources, hepatitis C virus (HCV) policy and health…

Epidemiological, clinical and imaging characteristics of female prisoners with definite COVID-19 in a prison in the southwest, Iran, 2020

Maryam Dastoorpoor, Narges Khodadadi, Seyed Hamid Borsi, Farkhondeh Jamshidi, Alireza Babaei Farsani, Mehrdad Noorzadeh

Prisoners are at greater risk of infectious diseases compared to the general population. While imprisoned, it is often difficult to observe Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) prevention…

A syndemic examination of injecting drug use, incarceration and multiple drug-related harms in French opioid users

Salim Mezaache, Laélia Briand-Madrid, Virginie Laporte, Daniela Rojas Castro, Patrizia Carrieri, Perrine Roux

People who inject drugs (PWID) face multiple health problems, including infectious diseases and drug overdoses. Applying syndemic and risk environment frameworks, this paper aims…

Exploring Norwegian prison frontline workers’ perceptions of interprofessional collaboration – a pilot study

Bjørn Kjetil Larsen, Sarah Hean, Atle Ødegård

Interprofessional collaboration is necessary for handling the complex psychosocial needs of prisoners. This collaboration must be addressed to avoid high recidivism rates and the…

A systematic literature review exploring the psychosocial aspects of palliative care provision for incarcerated persons: a human rights perspective

Lise Johns, Stacey Weightman, Pippa Blackburn, Donna McAuliffe

The purpose of this study is to explore the psychosocial aspects of palliative care provision for incarcerated persons drawing on a human rights perspective.

Harm reduction: a public health approach to prison drug use

Linsey Ann Belisle, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio

As prison drug use continues to be a concern worldwide, harm reduction practices serve as an alternative approach to traditional abstinence-only or punishment-oriented methods to…

In-facility HIV peer-based rehabilitation programs’ role in linkage to care among persons transitioning from correctional to community-based HIV care in South Africa

Nimasha B. Fernando, Daniel M. Woznica, Tonderai Mabuto, Christopher J. Hoffmann

This analysis aims to examine the role of pre-release, HIV-related, peer-based rehabilitation program attendance on post-release linkage to community-based HIV care in South…