This article examines the ways in which sustainability discourses intersect with carceral policies. Building new prisons to ‘green’ industry standards; making existing prison buildings less environmentally harmful; incorporating processes such as renewable energy initiatives; offering ‘green-collar’ work and training to prisoners; and providing ‘green care’ in an effort to reduce recidivism are...

Is Prison Why I’m sick? Examining Health Conditions Among Minority Males Within Correctional Facilities

Address for correspondence to: Cynthia M. Pérez, PhD, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067. Email: cynthia. [email protected] Objective: Given the heavy burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in correctional facilities, we...

treatment of offenders is a humanistic approach in reaction to crimes, which has different scientific models. in addition to the un emphasis on this approach, islamic texts are full of corrective patterns and guidelines. iranian legislator, clearly, in article 156 of iranian constitution adapted this approach. nevertheless study of rules and regulations shows the lack of appropriate usage of th...

OBJECTIVE There is a lack of published information on the management of mumps in a prison setting. We describe an outbreak of mumps that occurred in a medium-security correctional centre (Milner Ridge) in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS A case definition of mumps consistent with that in the document "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Mumps Outbreaks in Canada" was adopted. Cell culture, ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to investigate changes in, and associations between, sense of coherence (SOC) and emotional distress in women who participated in an accredited motivational program (VINN) in correctional institutions in five countries. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH A prospective study with a pre- and post-test design included 316 participants from Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, ...

Over the last few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of women entering the traditionally male-dominated field of corrections. During this time, researchers, using a variety of different methodological techniques, have attempted to disentangle the potential gender differences among correctional personnel. In building on this research, the following study surveyed correctio...