... of an emerging synthetic benzodiazepine incident within a prison setting, offering practice-based learning that may support preparedness and multi-agency responses to similar incidents in prison settings. Benzodiazepines are a group of commonly prescribed drugs used to treat a range of psychiatric...

... by examining gender differences in the impact of drug counseling programs for drug offenders in the Philippines. Design/methodology/approach This study consisted of 246 persons incarcerated for drug use who participated in a drug counseling program as part of their plea-bargaining agreement. Participants...

...Maria Regina Hechanova; Mariel Rizza C. Tee; Trixia Anne C. Co; Benjamin Ryan M. Rañeses III Purpose Women are exposed to vulnerabilities that can lead to drug use or hinder recovery. However, there is a dearth of studies on recovery programs for women. This study aims to add to the literature...

... be explored going forward. The impact of mandatory quarantine following prison admission or repetitive preventative isolation during incarceration on mental health, illicit drug use and associated deaths has yet to be fully explored (Johnson et al., 2021). The heightened risk of COVID-19...

...Chandra Kant Jha; Dennis M. Donovan Purpose – Drug use has numerous consequences on health, the economy, culture and the peace and security of families and communities. Drug users often engage in various criminal activities, including drug dealing, to sustain their drug use. Under Nepalese law...

.... In the multivariate analysis, having a greater number of challenges is associated with previous incarcerations, drug use immediately before incarceration and lower levels of social support. Practical implications To facilitate community re‐integration, it is vital to design interventions aimed at reducing...

...Morag MacDonald; James Williams; David Kane Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent of throughcare provision for prisoners with problematic drug use. Effective throughcare services have been recognised as important because they help to ensure that any progress in treatment made...

...Nicholas Thomson; Gary Reid; Kate Dolan Custodial settings are high‐risk environments for HIV. This paper examines publicly available data about the drug use and risk behaviours of Thai and Indonesian prisoners and outlines a process used to collect new data. In 2005, the Departments of Corrections...

... to decrease risk behaviour among injecting drug users. In Kyrgyzstan, an intervention study with training of prison staff and prisoners was performed in one prison. Before and after the training, a random selection of the prisoners answered a questionnaire about drug use, risk behaviour and health care...

... at risk of poor post‐release outcomes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Drug use Alcohol Mental health Health status Longitudinal study International Journal of Prisoner Health, June 2006; 2(2): 101 Á113 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Continuity of health impairment and substance misuse among...