International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 5 Issue 2

Pre‐incarceration HIV risk behaviours of male and female inmates

T. C. Abiona, J. A. Balogun, A. S. Adefuye, P. E. Sloan

In most countries, HIV and AIDS rates are higher among inmates than in the general population. As part of a series of studies aimed at examining the plausible links between HIV…

Exploring prison buprenorphine misuse in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study of former prisoners

C. N. E. Tompkins, N. M. J. Wright, M. G. Waterman, L. Sheard

The United Kingdom Ministry of Justice recently highlighted the extent of buprenorphine (Subutex) misuse in English andWelsh prisons, naming it the third most misused drug…

Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among inmates of a borstal institution in Nigeria

B. A. Issa, A. D. Yussuf, P. O. Ajiboye, O. I. N. Buhari

Studies have reported increased psychiatric morbidity among young detainees, with as many as three‐quarters reported to have one or more psychiatric disorders. Despite this…

The development of participatory health research among incarcerated women in a Canadian prison

R. Elwood Martin, K. Murphy, D. Hanson, C. Hemingway, V Ramsden, J Buxton, A. Granger‐Brown, L‐L. Condello, M. Buchanan, N. Espinoza‐Magana, G. Edworthy, T. G. Hislop

This paper describes the development of a unique prison participatory research project, in which incarcerated women formed a research team, the research activities and the lessons…