International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 2 Issue 2

Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health

Nick De Viggiani

Prison social environments play an important role in the health of prisoners. How they respond to imprisonment is partially dependent upon how effectively they integrate into an…

Prisoner perspectives on managing long term conditions: A qualitative study

Claire Gately, Andrew Bowen, Anne Kennedy, Wendy MacDonald, Anne Rogers

This paper explores the perceptions of prisoners to the barriers and opportunities for managing long term conditions in a prison setting. A qualitative study using semi‐structured…

Continuity of health impairment and substance misuse among adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia

Stuart A. Kinner

Prisoners experience high rates of chronic physical health problems, poor mental health and high rates of substance misuse. However, little is known about what happens to…

Intellectual disability in the New South Wales inmate population

Andrew Cashin, Tony Butler, Michael Levy, Emily Potter

Between July and November 2001, a health survey of New South Wales (NSW) inmates was conducted by NSW Justice Health. A cross‐sectional random sample of inmates stratified by age…

The training needs of doctors working in English and Welsh prisons: A survey of doctors

Andrew Gray, Sarah Pearce, Linda Marks

In the context of the transfer of the responsibility for prison health from the Prison Service to the National Health Service, a survey of doctors working in prisons reveals…

HIV/AIDS and HCV in prisons: A select annotated bibliography (part 2)

Ralf Ju¨rgens

The rates of HIV infection among prisoners in most countries are significantly higher than in the general population. HCV seroprevalence rates are even higher. While most…

Prison Health is Public Health! A report on two German Language conferences

Heino Stöver, Bärbel Knorr, Caren Weilandt

This short report concerns two recent regional prison health conferences for German speaking nations. Most international conferences use English as the common language…