... of incarcerated persons in all prisons at year-end). Suicide Self-harm Suicide attempts Prison Detention Morocco Low and middle-income country (LMIC) Africa Suicide kills 703,000 yearly and is the fourth leading cause of death among young people globally (WHO, 2021). In prison, suicide...

... 09 11 2022 22 10 2023 22 11 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Prison Sub-Saharan Africa Detention Non-communicable disease Cardiovascular disease People in prison Table 1 Search terms PCC...

.../approach A cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2020, one month after the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland. Groups included: people living in detention (PLDs) detained before the beginning of the pandemic (n = 116), PLDs incarcerated after the beginning of the pandemic (n...

... Detention Women who are incarcerated have health needs that are distinct from those of men. In 2013 in the USA, a one-day census estimated 111,300 women incarcerated in prisons, which are generally long-term federally or state-controlled facilities, and 102,400 women incarcerated in jails, which...

...Manfred Nowak; Adriana Zarraluqui This article describes and clarifies the human rights of persons with disabilities in the context of detention in light of the recently adopted and already in force Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Convention). Focusing on the Convention...

...Roberta Novis This paper demonstrates that the health of juveniles in deprivation of liberty in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, deteriorates while in detention and that conditions of detention are the major catalyst for offenders’ declining health status. The environment is conducive to the propagation...