...Diksha Sapkota; Zara Hurst; Brigitte Braddock; Janet Ransley; Tara Renae McGee; Susan Dennison Purpose Despite growing recognition of substantial health-care needs among women involved with the criminal justice system ( CJS ), the patterns of health-care utilisation in this population remain under...

.... Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a narrative literature review to identify the complex health conditions and health services needs of incarcerated older adults in the USA and outline three primary barriers they face in accessing health care and social services during reentry. Findings...

.... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Youth incarceration Health care Conduct disorder Substance use disorder Family intervention Adolescent Psychiatric disorders are known to be prevalent among adolescents in juvenile...

...Coral Sirdifield; Rebecca Marples; David Denney; Charlie Brooker Purpose This study aims to investigate the views of commissioners, providers and criminal justice staff on how effective current health-care provision is at meeting the health needs of people on probation. Understanding perceptions...

... impediments and threats of violence and exploitation, make prisons particularly challenging places for older persons (HRW, 2012). Structurally, the design and layout of most prisons are also challenging for older persons, frequently requiring them to walk long distances for meals, medication and health care...

... and increase the likelihood of suicide” (Huey and McNulty, 2005). The prison of Champ-Dollon in Geneva, Switzerland has suffered from overcrowding since 1997. Over the last several years, prison health care professionals have expressed concern over the rise of self-harm events, particularly with acts...

...Marc Lehmann Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the nature of medical care within the German penal system. German prison services provide health care for all inmates, including psychiatric care. The reached level of equivalence of care and ethical problems and resource limitations...

... arena. Design/methodology/approach One way to help assure that prisoners receive timely and appropriate health care is through independent review of health care services, to identify strengths of programs and opportunities for improvement. This is a quality of medical care assessment. When done...

... and presents these in the context of the international situation. Italian prisoners Qualitative study Correctional health care HIV Prisons Health care Italy The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky). This sentiment is reinforced...

... extraction Oral hygiene Prisoners Health services Health care India Prisoners are a psychologically, socially and morally affected group who are disproportionately from a low socioeconomic background (Cunningham et al., 1985). Such socio‐demographic factors are closely associated...

... the way in which resources for health care in custody, currently held by the police, are reallocated once the funding transfers to the NHS in the near future. The geographical area served by Northumbria Police includes a population of 1.5 million people and covers an area of more than 2,000 square miles...

...L. F. Moller; B. J. Van Den Bergh; S. Karymbaeva; A. Esenamanova; R. Muratalieva In Kyrgyzstan the prevalence of injecting drug behaviour is among the highest found throughout the world. Health promotion training, improved health care and needle/syringe exchange (NSE) programmes have been shown...