International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 18 Issue 3

Pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners in Southern Thailand: prevalence and its association with imprisonment status

Bintinee Bilmumad, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Nipa Ngamtrairai, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

This study aims to measure the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), its association with imprisonment status and to document the treatment success rate (TSR) among…

Prisoners with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: co-morbidities and service pathways

Eddie Chaplin, Amina Rawat, Bhathika Perera, Jane McCarthy, Ken Courtenay, Andrew Forrester, Susan Young, Hannah Hayward, Jess Sabet, Lisa Underwood, Richard Mills, Philip Asherson, Declan Murphy

This paper aims to examine effective diagnostic and treatment pathways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in prison settings given the high prevalence of ADHD and…

Well-being programmes in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study

Mary Turner, Nigel King, Dara Mojtahedi, Viv Burr, Victoria Gall, Graham R. Gibbs, Lara Flynn Hudspith, Chelsea Beatrice Leadley, Tammi Walker

In the past decade, there has been growing awareness of well-being and its importance and an increase in the development of activities or programmes aimed at improving well-being…

Factors associated with depression among prisoners in Mizan prison institute, southwest Ethiopia

Bethelehem Girma, Abonesh Taye, Wondimagegn Wondimu, Melese Sinaga

In spite of the vulnerability of prisoners to depression and their increased number, the issue has not been thoroughly investigated in Ethiopia. In particular, the determining…

Physical health programs and interventions with women during incarceration: a scoping review

Amanda Emerson, Ashlyn Lipnicky, Bernard Schuster, Patricia J. Kelly

The USA outpaces most other countries in the world in the rates at which it incarcerates its citizens. The one million women held in US jails and prisons on any day in the USA…

Human rights and the invisible nature of incarcerated women in post-apartheid South Africa: prison system progress in adopting the Bangkok Rules

Marie Claire Van Hout, Jakkie Wessels

The global spotlight is increasingly shone on the situation of women in the male-dominated prison environment. Africa has observed a 24% increase in its female prison population…

Intentional ingestion of batteries and razor blades by a prisoner: a true emergency?

Ioannis Pantazopoulos, Georgios Mavrovounis, Maria Mermiri, Antonis Adamou, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis

Few case studies in the literature report on adult patients with intentional foreign body ingestion. Prisoners deliberately ingest foreign bodies, such as cylindrical alkaline…