The growing COVID-19 pandemic has become a global emergency. At the time of writing, it resulted in more than 510 million confirmed illnesses and 6 deaths, as well unparalleled preventative measures that have imprisoned significant percentage worldwide population established social separation new behavioral norm. dilemma had influence on all elements daily life work, economy. Reflecting current...

Through first-hand accounts, most notably that of prisoner John Goldsworthy Parker, this article examines the lives men who were imprisoned following their failed rebellion in 1837 Upper Canada. As a close camaraderie developed, they began to think themselves as “John Montgomery’s Room” (named after owner tavern where rebels had rallied Rebellion). Included are descriptions daily lives, how int...

People in carceral institutions are at increased risk for COVID-19 infection. Applying critical race theory to the problem of provides tools analyze infection and evaluate public health response within imprisoned, jailed, detained population. On surface, this is due factors related a lack hygiene products, an inability physically distance, low quality inaccessible care, poor health. However, ro...

This article is a response to two questions posed in an published the first volume of Howard Journal. That asked, ‘should penal servitude be abolished?’ and also discussed merits ‘preventive detention’, which so-called ‘habitual’ criminals could imprisoned for up ten years after their original sentence had expired, order keep public safe extended time. The current therefore looks at limitations...

objective: to describe a home care service developed in roozbeh hospital for patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and report baseline and 6-month follow-up data. method: roozbeh home care program consists of home visits by multidisciplinary home care teams, including general practitioners, nurses, and social workers who are supervised by psychiatrists. home visits are scheduled as b...

The number of children experiencing parental imprisonment is increasing in Western industrialized countries. Parental imprisonment is a risk factor for child antisocial behavior, offending, mental health problems, drug abuse, school failure, and unemployment. However, very little is known about whether parental imprisonment causes these problems. Parental imprisonment might cause adverse child ...

This paperis an attempt to understand the prison visitors’ perspectives on crimes attributed imprisoned women and places of female confinement. In this ethnography conducted in two prisons, we note that many interlocutors tend justify imprisonment by linking them a “thug” partner. There were no mentions committed for family sustenance, which is out step with recent literature imprisonment. From...