International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 5 Issue 3

When detainees have a disability: Their rights and fundamental freedoms

Manfred Nowak, Adriana Zarraluqui

This article describes and clarifies the human rights of persons with disabilities in the context of detention in light of the recently adopted and already in force Convention on…

Mental health in prisons: A public health agenda

A. Fraser

Mental illness affects the majority of prisoners. Mental health issues are beginning to take a central position in the development of prison health services, reflecting this…

No One Knows: Offenders with learning disabilities and learning difficulties

J. Talbot

No One Knows is concerned about people with learning disabilities and difficulties who get into trouble with the police and who enter the criminal justice system. The terms…

‘Hearing Voices’: Punishing women’s mental ill‐health in Northern Ireland’s jails

P. Scraton, L Moore

Informed by primary interviews and observational research conducted by the authors with women prisoners in Northern Ireland, this article focuses on prison as an institutional…

Neglecting the mental health of prisoners

K. Edgar, D. Rickford

From first contact with the police to release from prison, people with mental ill health who come into conflict with the law often find that their mental health needs are…

Lord Bradley’s review of people with mental health or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system in England: All not equal in the eyes of the law?

C Brooker, D. Gojkovic, C. Sirdifield, C. Fox

In December 2007, Lord Bradley was asked by the Government, in a six‐month period, to review court liaison and diversion schemes for mentally ill people. A year and a half later…