International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 5 Issue 4

Examining HIV, drug use and risk behaviours: A case study in the custodial settings of Thailand and Indonesia

Nicholas Thomson, Gary Reid, Kate Dolan

Custodial settings are high‐risk environments for HIV. This paper examines publicly available data about the drug use and risk behaviours of Thai and Indonesian prisoners and…

First Dutch national guidelines ‐ pharmacological care for detained opioid addicts

M. T. Arends, H. A. De Haan, G.I.C.M. Van ’T Hoff

Heterogenic care of addicted detainees in the various prisons in the Netherlands triggered the National Agency of Correctional Institutions of the Ministry of Justice, to order…

Sloshed and sentenced: A prevalence study of alcohol use disorders among offenders in the North East of England

Dorothy Newbury‐Birch, Barbara Harrison, Nicola Brown, Eileen Kaner

The annual cost of alcohol‐related harm in the UK is estimated to be between £17.7 and £25.1 billion with healthcare costs alone reaching £2.7 billion and the costs of…

‘Traumatisers or traumatised’: Trauma experiences and personality characteristics of Australian prisoners

Anna Egeressy, Tony Butler, Mick Hunter

Background: Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is over represented in the prisoner population and is predictive of violence and suicide. This raises issues in relation to…

Fear of bullying among adult, young and juvenile prisoners: Its association with perpetration, victimisation and behavioural predictors

Jessica Pui Chan, Jane L. Ireland

The current study examines the association between fear of bullying and actual behaviour among male prisoners (n =234: 84 adult, 86 young and 66 juvenile). It explores if…

Enhanced chlamydia surveillance in New South Wales (Australia) prisons, 2005‐2007

Garry Forrest, Leng Boonwaat, Jenny Douglas, Niyi Awofeso

Chlamydia is currently the most frequently notified infectious disease in New South Wales (NSW). Published articles relating to chlamydia prevalence in Australian prison settings…

The state of health care provision and extent of mental health in the prisons of the Arab world: A literature review and commentary

Numan Gharaibeh, Joseph El‐Khoury

Relevant literature was searched using MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Google in addition to Arabic search engines for information. Due to the shortage of scholarly articles on the subject…

Monitoring harm reduction in European prisons via the Dublin Declaration

Rick Lines, Heino Stöver, Martin C. Donochoe, Jeffrey V. Lazarus

The Dublin Declaration on Partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia is the key policy document on HIV/AIDS in the European Region as a whole Among the Declaration’s…

‘Coming together to share, listen and learn’: A conference with a vision

Megan Smith Martin, Ruth Elwood Martin

The inaugural collaborative Canadian Prison‐Academic‐Community Health and Education was organized by the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education and supported by the…