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Mental health service contact following release from prison or hospital discharge in those with psychosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundAn association exists between psychosis and criminal offending, which evidence suggests can be reduced by effective mental health care for this vulnerable population. However mental health services often lose contact with people after diagnosis.
Nabila Z. Chowdhury   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fitness prison officers penitentiary in Bydgoszcz Fordon

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
The aim of the study was to determine the degree of physical fitness characterized by prison officers. The study was conducted among officers of the Prison Service Prison in Bydgoszcz - Fordon. Studied 195 people (24 women and 171 men). Conclusions: (1)
Małgorzata Chabros   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from nurse managers’ perspectives - a qualitative exploration

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2019
Background Prisoners carry a greater burden of physical, communicable and psychiatric disease compared to the general population. Prison health care structures are complex and provide challenges and opportunities to engage a marginalised and poorly ...
D. Crowley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drones and Jails

open access: yesBuletinul Ştiinţific al Academiei Trupelor de Uscat, 2018
The development of drones has been exceedingly rapid in the last few years. They can be used in many different areas of life, they are fit to solve a range of problems, in fact, in some fields they may open up new horizons.
Prisznyák Szabolcs
doaj   +1 more source

Support for women in prison: Analysis of the VDS info and victim support service in 2011 [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2012
VDS info and victim support service is a service for crime victims, which was founded in 2003 as a part of the Victimology Society of Serbia. The target group of the Service is comprised of direct and indirect victims of all forms of crime, of both ...
Nikolić Jasmina, Tripković Mirjana
doaj   +1 more source

P-23 TEST AND TREAT: PROFILE OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATITIS C IN THE PRISON SYSTEM OF PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2023
Introduction and Objectives: Hepatitis caused by the C virus (HCV) is a public health problem whose greatest challenge is access to diagnosis and treatment. The population deprived of liberty is considered a priority for approaches involving the disease.
Eduardo Emerim   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of tobacco smoking in the prison service units – The effects of the health promotion program

open access: yesMedycyna Pracy, 2016
Background: In 2014 the health promotion program aimed at managing personnel smoking was implemented in the Polish prison service (PS) in cooperation with the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM). It combined education of managers, encouraging
Krzysztof Puchalski   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcoholism as a social phenomenon and criminogenic factor – correlations on the example of convicts serving prison sentences in the therapeutic system in the District Inspectorate of the Prison Service in Białystok [PDF]

open access: yesProbacja
The aim of this paper is to examine the correlation between alcoholism and crime using the example of convicts serving prison sentences in the therapeutic system in the District Inspectorate of the Prison Service in Białystok.
Marcin Józef Kryński
doaj   +1 more source

The perception of, and respect for, prisoners’ dignity among Prison Service officers

open access: yesRozprawy Społeczne, 2020
The purpose of this article is to identify the attitudes of Prison Service officers towards the dignity of imprisoned people, and in particular to explore the correlations between selected determinants and the perception of the dignity of prisoners, and ...
Katarzyna Lenart-Kłoś
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Walls: An Evaluation of a Pre-Release Planning (PReP) Programme for Sentenced Mentally Disordered Offenders

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Prison mental health services have tended to focus on improving the quality of care provided to mentally disordered offenders at the initial point of contact with the prison system and within the prison environment itself.
Damian Smith   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

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