International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 13 Issue 1
Table of contents - Special Issue: Translating research into policy to advance correctional health
Guest Editors: Brie Williams, Cyrus Ahalt, Craig Haney, Scott A. Allen, Josiah Rich
Human rights and correctional health policy: a view from Europe
Mary RoganCorrectional healthcare should promote the protection of human rights. The purpose of this paper is to bring a discussion of human rights into debates on how such policy should be…
Family planning services for incarcerated women: models for filling an unmet need
Carolyn Sufrin, Sara Baird, Jennifer Clarke, Elizabeth FeldmanIncarcerated women around the globe are predominantly of reproductive age. Most of these women have been pregnant before, and many want to be sexually active and avoid pregnancy…
The potential of prison-based democratic therapeutic communities
Jamie Bennett, Richard ShukerThe purpose of this paper is to describe the work of HMP Grendon, the only prison in the UK to operate entirely as a series of democratic therapeutic communities and to summarise…
Addressing excess risk of overdose among recently incarcerated people in the USA: harm reduction interventions in correctional settings
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, David H. Cloud, Chelsea Davis, Nickolas Zaller, Ayesha Delany-Brumsey, Leah Pope, Sarah Martino, Benjamin Bouvier, Josiah RichThe purpose of this paper is to discuss overdose among those with criminal justice experience and recommend harm reduction strategies to lessen overdose risk among this vulnerable…
Challenges and opportunities for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender women in prison
Jae Sevelius, Valerie JennessThe purpose of this paper is to briefly address three interrelated areas of concerns – victimization, housing placement and healthcare provision – related to the health and…
Reducing the use and impact of solitary confinement in corrections
Cyrus Ahalt, Craig Haney, Sarah Rios, Matthew P. Fox, David Farabee, Brie WilliamsAlthough the reform of solitary confinement is underway in many jurisdictions around world, isolation remains in widespread use in many jails and prisons. The purpose of this…
Setting a minimum age for juvenile justice jurisdiction in California
Elizabeth S. Barnert, Laura S. Abrams, Cheryl Maxson, Lauren Gase, Patricia Soung, Paul Carroll, Eraka BathDespite the existence of minimum age laws for juvenile justice jurisdiction in 18 US states, California has no explicit law that protects children (i.e. youth less than 12 years…
Older and incarcerated: policy implications of aging prison populations
Zachary Psick, Jonathan Simon, Rebecca Brown, Cyrus AhaltThe purpose of this paper is to explore the policy Implications of aging prison populations.
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1744-9200Renamed to:
International Journal of Prison HealthOnline date, start – end:
2005 – 2023Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditors:
- Rosemary Mhlanga-Gunda
- Emma Plugge