... in prison Public health Problematic drug use Drug addiction 06 02 2026 01 06 2026 09 06 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Prisons are high-risk environments for drug-related harm with a combination...

... publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Women prisoners Problematic drug use Post-release care Gender-responsive Housing Employment Women’s rates of imprisonment have grown significantly in the past decade...

... 01 11 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Health in prison Health policy Hepatitis C Problematic drug use Drug addiction Harm reduction CSNSW = Corrective Services New South Wales; DAAs = Direct-acting...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Prisoners Illicit drugs Psychological health Philippines Drug abuse Problematic drug use Studies show a dyadic relationship between drug use and incarceration. A study in the USA revealed that 15% of those who are incarcerated...

... viral infections Treatment Drug dependence Opioid substitution therapy Problematic drug use Indigenous Australians Drugs alcohol use Prisoners have high levels of drug and alcohol use. In comparison to the general Australian population, prisoners have higher levels of smoking (81 vs 18...

... abuse Offender health Drug dependence Problematic drug use Drug addiction In August 2013, Attorney General of the USA, Eric Holder, announced that the Department of Justice would make a significant modification to its charging policies (United States Department of Justice, 2013). From...

...Heike Zurhold; Christian Haasen Problematic drug use in prison remains a pervasive and increasing concern throughout the European Union (EU) in terms of costs to the individual, community and the state. Drug‐related problems in prison seem to be more prominent among female prisoners, as a high...

.... There are limited data available relating to this area and even less specifically relating to problematic drug use and addiction among prisoners and the general lack of adequate treatments and therapeutic tools that are required by this population. This study is divided into four phases, and this article discusses...