International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 14 Issue 1

Reform of Italian forensic mental health care. Challenges and opportunities following Law 81/2014

Gareth Hopkin, Ester Messina, Graham Thornicroft, Mirella Ruggeri

Social determinants of health among Canadian inmates

Lynn A. Stewart, Amanda Nolan, Jennie Thompson, Jenelle Power

International studies indicate that offenders have higher rates of infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and physical disorders relative to the general population. Although…

Vitamin D deficiency and segregation status in prisoners

Zelda Doyle, John Walton Dearin, Joe McGirr

The purpose of this paper is to investigate if any exposure to segregation minimal association in a single male prison population had any association with an increased risk of…

Child incarceration and long-term adult health outcomes: a longitudinal study

Elizabeth S. Barnert, Laura S. Abrams, Lello Tesema, Rebecca Dudovitz, Bergen B. Nelson, Tumaini Coker, Eraka Bath, Christopher Biely, Ning Li, Paul J. Chung

Although incarceration may have life-long negative health effects, little is known about associations between child incarceration and subsequent adult health outcomes. The paper…

After a childhood with a parent in prison – relationships and well-being as a child and young adult

Per-Åke Nylander, Åsa Källström, Karin Hellfeldt

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether young adults who had a parent in prison while growing up in Sweden are disadvantaged in terms of parental support, school…

Hazardous alcohol consumption in non-aboriginal male inmates in New South Wales

Courtney Field

The purpose of this paper is to examine correlates and predictors of hazardous drinking behaviour, that may be considered evidence of generalised strain, in a sample of…

An examination of consensual sex in a men’s jail

Charles Herbert Lea III, Theodore K. Gideonse, Nina T. Harawa

The purpose of this paper is to use secondary data from qualitative interviews that examined the sexual behaviors, HIV attitudes, and condom use of 17 gay, bisexual, and…