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Identifying health promotion needs among prison staff in three English prisons: results from a qualitative study. [PDF]

Prisons are seen as a (temporary) home and community for offenders, yet they also have a dual role as a workplace for prison staff. This article explores how the "healthy settings" philosophy, commonly used in schools, applies in the prison environment ...
Woodall, J
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'Reclaiming the criminal' : the role and training of prison officers in England, 1877-1914 [PDF]

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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Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard, Jill D. Sharkey, Erin Cross, Karyn Milligan, Michelle Kerwood, Ruby Celio, Andrea Fernandez‐Contreras, Esteban Medina‐Galvan   +7 more
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Solitary confinement and the U.S. prison boom [PDF]

Solitary confinement is a harsh form custody involving isolation from the general prison population and highly restricted access to visitation and programs.
Sakoda, Ryan T., Simes, Jessica T.
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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Who Knows Best What the Next Year Will Hold for You? The Validity of Direct and Personality‐based Predictions of Future Life Experiences Across Different Perceivers

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract This study explored the validity of person judgements by targets and their acquaintances (‘informants’) in longitudinally predicting a broad range of psychologically meaningful life experiences. Judgements were gathered from four sources (targets, N = 189; and three types of informants, N = 1352), and their relative predictive validity was ...
Nele M. Wessels, Johannes Zimmermann, Daniel Leising, Jan‐Erik Lönnqvist   +3 more
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Exploring reasons and motivations for suicide attempts in prison before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Health & Justice
Background Suicide attempts represent a critical public health concern in prison settings, where rates are substantially higher than in the general population. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced additional stressors, yet little is known about its impact on
Leonel da Cunha Gonçalves, Laurent Gétaz, Patrick Heller, Kelly Gonçalves, Judith Sultan, Diane Golay, Anja J. E. Dirkzwager, Hans Wolff, Stéphanie Baggio   +8 more
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Yoga in Correctional Settings: A Randomized Controlled Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017
BackgroundThe effect of yoga in the reduction of depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress, anger as well as in the increased ability of behavioral control has been shown. These effects of yoga are highly relevant for prison inmates who often have poor mental
Nóra Kerekes, Cecilia Fielding, Susanne Apelqvist   +2 more
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Access to treatment in prison: an inventory of medication preparation and distribution approaches [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2020
The preparation and distribution of medication in prisons or jails are critical for individuals to access their treatment. This process is resource-intensive for healthcare professionals and may violate principles of confidentiality, autonomy, respect ...
Nguyen Toan Tran, Dominique Pralong, Anne-Dominique Secrétan, Audrey Renaud, Gérard Mary, Arnaud Nicholas, Elisabeth Mouton, Clémence Rubio, Célestine Dubost, Francesco Meach, Anne-Claire Bréchet-Bachmann, Hans Wolff   +11 more
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