There is not much stress on man's rebellion against God and the reforming power of Jesus Christ is not brought out. Reform is nevertheless considered with great humanity and sympathy, never clinically. Convicts (ugly word) are individuals varying greatly, and quite like ourselves (awful thought). Mr. Howard has greater insights on reform than on punishment, not that they are opposed to each oth...

The role of the prison has changed, in some ways dramatically, over the last two decades. The prison population has grown and its composition has altered. There has been an increase in the depth and weight of imprisonment, and a hardening of its emotional tone. Prisoners' voices have been silenced, outcomes have deteriorated, and yet public presentation of the prison has improved. Power has shi...

The prevalence of injecting drug use rose dramatically in Europe in the 1980s; in the United Kingdom alone there are an estimated 75000-150000 injectors.' Responding to this increase and to the concomitant risk of infection with HIV, treatment agencies have adopted more flexible approaches to try to attract users to treatment and maintain contact with them.25 Gradually a broad based community a...

Prison suicide rates worldwide are around three times higher in men and nine women than those the general population,1Fazel S Ramesh T Hawton K Suicide prisons: an international study of prevalence contributory factors.Lancet Psychiatry. 2017; 4: 946-952Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (86) Google Scholar underscoring urgent need to address this issue. population-based research on prevalence...

BACKGROUND Women are an increasing minority of prisoners worldwide, and most are of childbearing age. Prisons offer unique opportunities for improving the pregnancy outcomes of these high-risk women, and no systematic review to date has looked at their care. This systematic review identified studies describing models of perinatal health care for imprisoned women which report maternal and child ...

June 2007 | Volume 4 | Issue 6 | e204 As scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) progresses in less-developed countries, the challenges of providing treatment to marginalised populations become of increasing concern. One such marginalised group is prisoners. While there is an emerging consensus that prevention and treatment is feasible and effective in prisons [1], experience of implementing c...