International Journal of Prison Health

Condom provision in prison settings: misconceptions, stereotypes and recommendations to promote acceptance

Babak Moazen, Heino Stöver

This study aims to highlight prevalent misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding condom provision programs in prison settings and proposes solutions to enhance the availability…

Self-administered sexual health testing in an open prison setting: a pilot health impact assessment and social return on investment analysis

Kathryn Ashton, Aimee Challenger, Christie Craddock, Timo Clemens, Jordan Williams, Oliver Kempton, Mariana Dyakova, Liz Green

The sexual health of the male prison population is often among the poorest in a country. This paper aims to identify the wider health impacts and social value of a sexual health…

Recent evidence on rates and factors influencing smoking behaviours after release from smoke-free prisons: a scoping review

Ashley Brown, Clair Woods-Brown, Kathryn Angus, Nicola McMeekin, Kate Hunt, Evangelia Demou

Smoke-free prison policies have been introduced in some countries, in part to address very high levels of tobacco use in people in prison. However, relapse rates post-release…

Managing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons – a brief review of literature and key lessons learnt

Lin Guo, Padmanabhan Badrinath, Jessica Mookherjee, Anjan Ghosh, Edyta McCallum, Nirosha Dissanayake, Abraham George

During the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons faced a unique challenge of preventing and managing outbreaks with minimal adverse impact. This study aims to describe the epidemiology of…

Mental health and well-being in prisons and places of detention

Atina N. Ndindeng

This study aims to address the critical mental health challenges faced by individuals in prisons and places of detention. By introducing and validating a novel conceptual…

Deaths in custody in Senegal from 2017-2019: a retrospective chart review

Famara Seck, Stuart A. Kinner, Rohan Borschmann

This study aims to document the incidence and causes of deaths in custody in Senegal from 2017 to 2019 and to describe the demographic and criminal justice characteristics of…

Weight gain and social support networks in Canadian federal correctional facilities

Claire Johnson, Jérémie B. Dupuis, Wendjie Robichaudb, Edwige Kamwa Pone, Caroline P. LeBlanc

This study aims to examine whether inmate’s social support network is related to changes in anthropometric data among individuals in Canadian correctional facilities.

Self-reported tuberculosis in Ecuador’s prisons: an analysis of its prevalence and determinants in 2022

Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández

Despite the growing prison population in South America and the high prevalence of infectious diseases, there is limited evidence on the factors associated with self-reported…

Examining the link between perceived prison conditions and probability of recidivism among women convicts in Tihar Jail: insight on incarceration

Inderpreet Sandhu, Rosy Malhotra

The purpose of this study is to fill the research gap that exists with respect to availability of research on correctional facilities in India, which restricts one’s ability to…

Prevalence of COVID-19 in prison population: a meta-analysis of 35 studies

SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Soudabeh Yarmohammadi, Farid Farahani Rad, Muhammad Ali Rasheed, Mohammad Javaherian, Amir Masoud Afsahi, Haleh Siami, AmirBehzad Bagheri, Ali Zand, Omid Dadras, Esmaeil Mehraeen

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Considering the restricted and enclosed nature of prisons and closed environments and the prolonged and close…

The high costs of freedom: subjective well-being and mental health in prisoners in Chile

Victoria Valdebenito, Isabel Benjumeda, Valentina Hadler, Sofía Guzmán

Although our understanding of mental health and well-being is continually evolving, certain populations such as individuals deprived of liberty remain understudied and…

COVID-19 in correctional facilities in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective epidemiological analysis from 15 January 2020 to 31 December 2022

Austin Zygmunt, Kahiye Warsame, Richard G. Mather, Lori McKinnon, Anne Philipneri, Stone Li, Sandya Menon

The physical environment of correctional facilities promote infectious disease transmission and outbreaks. The purpose of this study is to compare the COVID-19 burden between the…