International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 11 Issue 4

Understanding HIV risk behaviors in prison: a qualitative study among recently released inmates

Titilayo Abiona, Joseph Balogun, Adedeji Adefuye, Ivonne Anguh

– The purpose of this paper is to explore HIV risk behaviors of inmates during incarceration and gain an in-depth understanding of the context within which these behaviors occur.

Explaining poor health-seeking among HIV-infected released prisoners

Ambika Bhushan, Shan-Estelle Brown, Ruthanne Marcus, Frederick L Altice

Little is understood about the self-described barriers that recently released HIV-infected prisoners face when accessing healthcare and adhering to medications. The purpose of…

Government reports versus offenders’ experiences: toward the resolution of discrepancies in healthcare and healthcare delivery

Pegah Memarpour, Rose Ricciardelli, Pauline Maasarjian

Canadian literature on federal correctional institutions and prison living indicate a shortage inadequate and available healthcare services to meet the needs of the prison…

Intellectual disability screening in women prisoners: preliminary evaluation

Thomas Board, Salma Ali, Annie Bartlett

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a new Intellectual Disability (ID) screening service within a women’s prison in England.

Compulsory treatment of drug users in Asia: designed to torture?

Kate Dolan, Heather Worth, David Wilson

Injecting drug use is a global concern, with an estimated 16 million people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in over 148 countries. A number of Asian countries detain PWIDs for compulsory…

Going tobacco free in Australian prisons – increasing tattooing harm?

Carla Treloar, Eileen Baldry, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Mark Stoove, Andrew Lloyd

Editorial

Morag MacDonald, Robert Greifinger, Scott Allen, David Kane