International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 5 Issue 1

Aging, women and health: From the pains of imprisonment to the pains of reintegration

Laura R. Shantz, Sylvie Frigon

In this article, we examine the ways in which older women’s experiences of imprisonment, aging, and health impact their lives. Specifically, we focus on the community…

Effect of time in prison on prisoners’ use of coping strategies

Phil Reed, Yousef Alenazi, Fenella Potterton

Prisoners from two institutions (a low security and a high security prison) were studied to explore the coping strategies used in stressful situations, and the relationship…

The prevalence of thyroid disorders among sexual and violent offenders and their co‐occurrence with psychological symptoms

Ron Langevin, Mara Langevin, Suzanne Curnoe, Jerald Bain

The prevalence of thyroid abnormalities among 831 sexual, violent, and non‐violent non‐sex offenders was found to be greater than found in the general population. Thyroid…

Substitution treatment and HCV/HIV‐infection in a sample of 31 German prisons for sentenced inmates

B. Schulte, H. Stover, K. Thane, C. Schreiter, D. Gansefort, J. Reimer

Injection drug use (IDU) and IDU‐related infectious diseases such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are highly prevalent among prisoners…

Women’s health and prisons: It’s time for urgent action A report from the WHO Health in Prisons Project Annual Conference ‘Prisons and Women’s Health’ 13 November 2008, Kiev, Ukraine

Max Rutherford

The strongest international recognition of the importance of women’s health in prisons and the urgentneed for radical change was highlighted of a WHO Conference held recently in…

UNODC and the National Administration of Penitentiaries launched harm reduction programme in Romanian prisons

Catalina Iliuta

In February 2008, the National Administration of Penitentiaries and UNODC Project Office in Romania officially launched the common initiative of introducing harm reduction…