Prison Conditions and Recidivism We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of deaths in the facility of detention during an inmate’s stay and 3) ...

BACKGROUND In recent years, an abstinence-focused, 'recovery' agenda has emerged in UK drug policy, largely in response to the perception that many opioid users had been 'parked indefinitely' on opioid substitution therapy (OST). The introduction of ten pilot 'Drug Recovery Wings' (DRWs) in 2011 represents the application of this recovery agenda to prisons. This paper describes the DRWs' operat...

HIV/AIDS and African-American male imprisonment contribute to the destruction of African-American communities. African-American men and HIV/AIDS are disproportionately represented throughout all sectors of the criminal justice industry, including the juvenile justice system. The criminal justice system contributes to unacceptably high African-American male imprisonment rates and HIV prevalence ...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION Through psychological support for prison guard's awareness about professional stress and burn-out, cognitive assessment of stress consequences, insight in coping strategies, as well as prevention of stress consequences is achieved. AIM Evaluation of psychoeducation effects on professional stress consequences within prison guards. METHOD In ...

This paper explores the determinants of post-prison employment among a sample of ex-offenders released from Maryland prisons. A reduced-form equation for average weekly hours worked in the first year after release was estimated for blacks and whites. The following results emerge. Background variables have strong effects on employment. In particular, race has a consistently strong impact on labo...

As pressure mounts for a change in the way coroners' inquests are conducted more challenges to inquest verdicts are reaching the high court. Last month, quashing the jury's verdict in an inquest described by Mr Justice Peter Pain as "hopelessly flawed," the court recognised "lack of care" as a possible verdict in appropriate cases and clarified the ambit ofthe verdict in cases in which medical ...

Summary Objective To improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in prison, we evaluate the value of XpertⓇMTB/RIF Ultra assay (Xpert) as point-of-care (POC) a French prison hospital. Methods We first validated Xpert use on raw sputum at referent laboratory. Secondly, trained physicians hospital performed tests for each patient presenting TB symptoms. The results were compared with Xpert, microscopic e...

prison life experience is different despites individual differences, family, social and criminal prisoners, conditions and characteristics of them. this study was qualitative research findings from in-depth interviews with 20 women after releasing from prison. the prison puts women in a particular subject and very serious consequences for their marks. the vast majority of women are considered t...

Research was conducted recently (August 14-21, 1971) in which subjects assumed the roles of ‘prisoner’ or ‘guard’ for an extended period of time within an experimentally devised mock prison setting on the Stanford University campus. The projected twoweek study had to be prematurely terminated when it became apparent that many of the ‘prisoners’ were in serious distress and many of the ‘guards’ ...