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The Carceral Automaton: Digital Prisons and Technologies of Detention
International Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2022 Prisons are on the cusp of a technological transformation as twenty-first-century digital connectivity in ‘free’ society permeates prison design and offender management.
C. McKay
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Public Health and Prisons: Priorities in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Annual Review of Public Health, 2022 Mass incarceration is a sociostructural driver of profound health inequalities in the United States. The political and economic forces underpinning mass incarceration are deeply rooted in centuries of the enslavement of people of African descent and the ...
David H. Cloud +3 more
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Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lancet Public Health, 2021 Summary Background Rates of suicide among people in prison are elevated compared with people of similar age and sex who are living in the community. Improving assessments and interventions to reduce suicide risk requires updated evidence on risk factors.
S. Zhong +6 more
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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 +4 more
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JAMA Internal Medicine, 2021 Importance COVID-19 incidence and mortality are higher among incarcerated persons than in the general US population, but the extent to which prison crowding contributes to their COVID-19 risk is unknown.
A. Leibowitz +3 more
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The Transformative Power of Trust: Exploring Tertiary Desistance in Reinventive Prisons
British Journal of Criminology, 2021 While prisons are often described as places of pain, despair and hopelessness, studies show that some prisoners under certain conditions report positive life changes happening in prison.
Thomas Ugelvik
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Prisons and custodial settings are part of a comprehensive response to COVID-19
Lancet Public Health, 2020 Comment: Prisons are epicentres for infectious diseases because of the higher background prevalence of infection, the higher levels of risk factors for infection, the unavoidable close contact in often overcrowded, poorly ventilated, and unsanitary ...
S. Kinner +6 more
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Scoping review of mental health in prisons through the COVID-19 pandemic
BMJ Open, 2021 Objective To examine the extent, nature and quality of literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of imprisoned people and prison staff. Design Scoping review.
Luke Johnson +4 more
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COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Federal and State Prisons.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020 This study describes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case rates and deaths among federal and state prisoners and compares them with corresponding rates for the US population.
B. Saloner +4 more
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Iraqi Prisoners in Norway: Educational Background, Participation, Preferences and Barriers to Education [PDF]
, 2014 The article aimed to develop knowledge of the educational background, participation and preferences of Iraqi prisoners in Norwegian prisons and obstacles to participating in education.
Manger, Terje, Westrheim, Kariane
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