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The significance of 'the visit' in an English category-B prison: Views from prisoners, prisoners' families and prison staff [PDF]

, 2012
A number of claims have been made regarding the importance of prisoners staying in touch with their family through prison visits, firstly from a humanitarian perspective of enabling family members to see each other, but also regarding the impact of ...
Broadhead J., Burr V., Carter K.W., Codd H., Cohen S., Condry R., Crewe B., Cunningham A., de Silva N., Ditchfield J., Garland D., Hairston C.F., Harvey J., James Woodall, Johnston D., Kirby S., Leech M., Liamputtong P., Loucks N., Niven S., Noaks L., Rachael Dixey, Salmon S., Smith C., Smith C., Smith R., Sparks R., Sykes G.M., Tripp B., Tunnell K.D., Woodall J.   +30 more
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Safer tattooing interventions in prisons: a systematic review and call to action

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Worldwide more than ten million people are detained at any given time. Between 5 and 60% of people experiencing incarceration report receipt of a tattoo in prison – mostly clandestine, which is associated with risks of blood-borne infections ...
Nguyen Toan Tran, Célestine Dubost, Stéphanie Baggio, Laurent Gétaz, Hans Wolff   +4 more
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In-prison university programs in Argentina: Building citizenship

European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2023
In Argentina, more than half of the public universities carry out some kind of academic activity inside prisons. Together with their remarkable extension, these heterogeneous programs have emerged in a context that could be considered adverse: alarming ...
Ramiro Gual
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Differences in triage and medical confidentiality between prisons of Belgium and the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2021
Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe the opinions of prison doctors, and to compare the primary health care in prisons between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Avonts, Dirk, Hallyn, Mathieu, Matthys, Jan, Miclotte, Anneleen, VAN MAELE, GEORGES   +4 more
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Blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: a cross-sectional study in a Swiss prison

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Incarcerated people carry a high burden of infection, including blood-borne diseases (BBDs). It is also known that one million people contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI) every day worldwide, which represents a global public health ...
Komal Chacowry Pala, Stéphanie Baggio, Nguyen Toan Tran, François Girardin, Hans Wolff, Laurent Gétaz   +5 more
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'Reclaiming the criminal' : the role and training of prison officers in England, 1877-1914 [PDF]

, 2008
This article examines the role and training of prison officers in England, between 1877 and 1914. It is concerned with the changing penal philosophies and practices of this period and how these were implemented in local prisons, and the duties of the ...
Blake Major W., Coyle A., Crawley E., Forsythe B., Foucault M., Garland D., Gladstone Committee, Griffiths A., Hobhouse S., Ignatieff M., Johnston H., McConville S., McConville S., McConville S., Melossi D., Nellis M., O'Brien P., Pears E., Pratt J., Pratt J., Rutherford A., Sparks R.F., Thomas J.E., Thomas J.E., Webb S., Wilde O., Zedner L.   +26 more
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Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Detention Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Previous studies have reported a high prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among people living in detention (PLD) corresponding to a five- to ten-fold increase compared to the general population.
Stéphanie Baggio, Stéphanie Baggio, Ana Fructuoso, Marta Guimaraes, Eveline Fois, Diane Golay, Patrick Heller, Nader Perroud, Candy Aubry, Susan Young, Didier Delessert, Laurent Gétaz, Nguyen T. Tran, Nguyen T. Tran, Hans Wolff   +14 more
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Teaching a distance higher education curriculum behind bars: challenges and opportunities [PDF]

, 2010
The provision of education that is both effective and relevant to the needs of students within prison is challenging on a number of levels. The uniqueness of prison culture with a regime characterised by a focus on security measures such as lock-downs ...
Watts, Jacqueline H.
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Prevalence Rates and Evolution of Psychiatric Disorders Among Incarcerated Youths in Comparison With Non-incarcerated Youths

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Background: Our main objective was to provide estimates of the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders and comorbidities among youths in a juvenile detention center in Geneva, Switzerland.
Patrick Heller, Patrick Heller, Larisa Morosan, Deborah Badoud, Manon Laubscher, Lisa Jimenez Olariaga, Martin Debbané, Hans Wolff, Stéphanie Baggio, Stéphanie Baggio   +9 more
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Healthier prisons: The role of a prison visitors' centre [PDF]

, 2009
Since the inception of the prison as a ‘setting’ for health promotion, there has been a focus on how the health of those men and women who spend ‘time inside’ can at least be maintained and if possible, enhanced, during their prison sentence.
Baybutt M, Boswell G, Cunningham A, de Viggiani N, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Greenwood N, Hairston C, Hairston C F, Hartworth C, HM Chief Inspectorate of Prisons, Holt N, Home Office, Lester C, Light R, Light R, Loucks N, Loucks N, McCallum A, McEvoy K, Morris P, Niven S, NOMS, Salmon S, Smith C, Smith R, Social Exclusion Unit, Webster G, Woodall J, Woodward W   +30 more
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