The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in prisoners is substantially higher than in the general population. Additionally, there is scientific evidence that the number of prison inmates with mental disorders is rising. As a consequence, the World Psychiatric Association has repeatedly voiced concern about the increasing number of mentally ill individuals who are being placed in correctional fac...

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in prisoners is substantially higher than in the general population. Additionally, there is scientific evidence that the number of prison inmates with mental disorders is rising. As a consequence, the World Psychiatric Association has repeatedly voiced concern about the increasing number of mentally ill individuals who are being placed in correctional fac...

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in prisoners is substantially higher than in the general population. Additionally, there is scientific evidence that the number of prison inmates with mental disorders is rising. As a consequence, the World Psychiatric Association has repeatedly voiced concern about the increasing number of mentally ill individuals who are being placed in correctional fac...

This paper presents a description of environmental contingencies in a maximum security correctional setting and includes an examination of the behavioral interactions between security, case managers and inmates. How problems are generated by the physical environment, how court-mandated changes in staff activities affect the work itself, and how verbal and nonverbal environmental events interact...

Why should anyone care how convicts die? For some, humane treatment is the right thing to do, but others feel criminals deserve whatever happens. American courts have affirmed society’s responsibility to provide a community level of care for prisoners. Many challenges confronting corrections in delivering excellent end-of-life care are similar to those facing the nation’s health care system. Ch...

This paper is an analysis of a six-week Restorative Reasoning Programme that took place with 13 women in UK women’s prison. It exploratory evaluation based on adapted version the QUALIPREV scheme. two-stage examines both processes programme, terms how well it ran, as outcomes effective was supporting to address problem behaviours. Data comprise interviews two programme designers and facilitator...

Implementation of a treatment protocol for prescribing stimulant medications in adult prisons where such a protocol and oversight did not previously exist is prudent management, clinically relevant, and appropriate. There are multiple challenges to using controlled substances in correctional settings, many of them a consequence of the very high prevalence of substance use disorders among inmate...

A research team from the University of Stirling and TNS Social Research was commissioned to evaluate the operation and effectiveness of the Transitional Care initiative. The methods employed included the analysis of Transitional Care monitoring data; surveys of prisoners four and seven months following release; in-depth interviews with ex-prisoners in three areas of the country with different d...