prisons come at great cost to society and still result in inmates disassociated from society. incarceration is however our primary forms of punishment; therefore we need to define the purpose of punishment to be integrated into our goals for prisons. prison architecture is a complex area of study, the classification proposed in this paper can be an important research tool by taking into conside...

There are currently 2 million people incarcerated in the United States. For social workers whose practice includes people who have experienced confinement, building knowledge about the impact of the incarceration on individual lives is critical. Understanding how the prison experience shapes perceptions of self and others can inform the design of case management plans and program interventions ...

The design of prisons can greatly impact the lived experience imprisonment, yet research on relationship between physical prison environment and wellbeing remains underexplored. Following a systematic literature review, 16 environmental domains were identified as part “ethical architecture” in environments. In this context, ethical architecture reflects link features building users. concept pre...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characteristics and metabolic control of diabetic patients given structured diabetic care in prison. DESIGN Survey of diabetic men serving prison sentences during a 22 month period in a large British prison. SETTING HM Prison, Walton, Liverpool. SUBJECTS 42 male diabetic prisoners, of whom 23 had insulin dependent and 19 non-insulin dependent diabetes...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the predictive validity of the German translation of the Psychopathy Checklist-Screening Version (PCL-SV) for negative events during the course of the prison sentence of German prisoners. METHOD Using the PCL-SV, we investigated 145 offenders in a German prison at the start of their sentences. We then compared the extreme groups identified by the PCL-SV--the high...

OBJECTIVE To increase understanding of how the prison environment influences the mental health of prisoners and prison staff. DESIGN Qualitative study with focus groups. SETTING A local prison in southern England. PARTICIPANTS Prisoners and prison staff. RESULTS Prisoners reported that long periods of isolation with little mental stimulus contributed to poor mental health and led to int...

Background and Aims People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high incarceration rates, and previous incarceration is associated with elevated hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission risk. In Scotland, national survey data indicate lower HCV incidence in prison than the community (4.3 versus 7.3 per 100 person-years), but a 2.3-fold elevated transmission risk among recently released (< 6 months) P...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high incarceration rates, and previous incarceration is associated with elevated hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission risk. In Scotland, national survey data indicate lower HCV incidence in prison than the community (4.3 versus 7.3 per 100 person-years), but a 2.3-fold elevated transmission risk among recently released (< 6 months) P...

AIM To assess whether the introduction of a prison-based opioid substitution therapy (OST) policy was associated with a reduction in drug-related deaths (DRD) within 14 days after prison release. DESIGN Linkage of Scotland's prisoner database with death registrations to compare periods before (1996-2002) and after (2003-07) prison-based OST was introduced. SETTING All Scottish prisons. PA...